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what are asteroids,comets and meteorites?​

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Answered by streetkid14
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Comets: Comets are dirty space snowballs of mostly ice and dust that formed during the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago. ... Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites: Meteoroids are tiny asteroids or the broken-off crumbs of comets and sometimes planets

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Answered by AnIntrovert
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The bodies that revolve around the Sun is termed as asteroid. They are very massive and have an irregular shape, but they cannot produce gravitational force as they are comparatively smaller than that of the Sun and other planets. The texture of asteroid is rocky or metallic, and they also revolve around other planets (like Jupiter). Also, they can revolve in orbit or without orbit. An example of the asteroid is a meteor.

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The ball that consists of dust and ice and moves in the space is termed as a comet. The nucleus of the comet made up of ice, and they have a tail of gas and dust that points away from the sun while revolving around the sun as they live in the solar system. Methane, carbon dioxide, and ammonia are also the constituent parts of the comet. Hale Bopp is the example of the comet.

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A meteoroid is a small space rock moving through a solar system. ... If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it's called a meteor, or shooting star. If part of that meteor survives the trip through the atmosphere and hits the Earth, it's a meteorite. A lot of meteoroids never end up being meteors or meteorites.

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