Characteristics of Asteroids,Comets and Meteors
-Small bodies that orbit a larger object in space.
-Asteroids are located at the Main Asteroid Belt that is between Mars and Jupiter.
-Asteroids can have carbon,stone or metal in them.
-Made of cosmic dust,ice and other gases like methane, hydrogen and helium.
-Small object in space with elliptical
orbit.
-Comets are located at the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt.
-Particle of space dust or rock that passes the Earth atmosphere in the sky.
-Smaller than asteroids and they are classified as micrometeoroids or space dust.
-Made of heavier metals like nickel and iron.
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Characteristics of Asteroids,Comets and Meteors
• Asteroid
-Small bodies that orbit a larger object in space.
-Asteroids are located at the Main Asteroid Belt that is between Mars and Jupiter.
-Asteroids can have carbon,stone or metal in them.
•Comet
-Made of cosmic dust,ice and other gases like methane, hydrogen and helium.
-Small object in space with elliptical
orbit.
-Comets are located at the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt.
•Meteor
-Particle of space dust or rock that passes the Earth atmosphere in the sky.
-Smaller than asteroids and they are classified as micrometeoroids or space dust.
-Made of heavier metals like nickel and iron.