what are the difference between asteroids and meteorides and comets?
what are the similarities between asteroids and meteorides and comets?
(provide the differences in points and in the form of a table)
what are the difference between asteroids and meteorides and comets?
what are the similarities between asteroids and meteorides and comets?
(provide the differences in points and in the form of a table)
DIFFERENCE
Asteroid
An asteroid is a celestial body - composed of rock, metal or a mixture of both - that is orbiting the Sun. Most of them are in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Even though there are millions of asteroids with sizes up to more than 500 km they are of no danger to the planet Earth.
Comets
Comets are asteroid-like objects which are composed of ice, dust and rocky particles. The sizes of their nuclei vary between a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres in diameter; their visible tails can extend to above 150 million km in length.
Meteoroids
Meteoroids are all the smaller objects orbiting the Sun. Most of them originate from comets that lose gas and dust when they approach the Sun. Other meteoroids are basically small asteroids.
SIMILARITIES
An asteroid is a rocky bit of trash from the formation of the Solar System
A comet is an icy bit of trash from the formation of the Solar System.
A meteor is anything (comet or asteroid) that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up.
DIFFERENCE
Asteroid
An asteroid is a celestial body - composed of rock, metal or a mixture of both - that is orbiting the Sun. Most of them are in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Even though there are millions of asteroids with sizes up to more than 500 km they are of no danger to the planet Earth.
Comets
Comets are asteroid-like objects which are composed of ice, dust and rocky particles. The sizes of their nuclei vary between a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres in diameter; their visible tails can extend to above 150 million km in length.
Meteoroids
Meteoroids are all the smaller objects orbiting the Sun. Most of them originate from comets that lose gas and dust when they approach the Sun. Other meteoroids are basically small asteroids.
SIMILARITIES
An asteroid is a rocky bit of trash from the formation of the Solar System
A comet is an icy bit of trash from the formation of the Solar System.
A meteor is anything (comet or asteroid) that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up.
