Consider the following statements:
1. Coma is a part of a comet
2. Meteor burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere 3. Asteriods are too small to be called planets.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only

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2 only

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1 & 3 only

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1, 2 & 3 only

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Solution

The correct option is D 1, 2 & 3 only
Made of ice and dust, coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet, formed when the comet passes close to the Sun . Meteor, popularly termed a shooting star/falling star burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere. Asteroids (planetoids) are found between Mars and Jupiter, they are just small celestial bodies.

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