Question

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?

• A. 1 and 2 only
• B. 2 only
• C. 1 & 3 only
• D. 1, 2 & 3 only

Answer 1

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.