Question

What are asteroids? How are they related to comets?

Answer 1

Asteroids are minor planets

relation -- Both asteroids and comets were formed early in the history of the solar system about 4.5 billion years ago.

Answer 2

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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.