ASTEROIDS,COMETS,AND
METEOROIDS are all debris remaining from the nebula in
which the Solar System formed 4.6 billions years ago.Asteroids
are rocky bodies up to about 1,000 km in diameter ,
although most are much smaller .Most of them orbit the
Sun in the asteroids belts, which lies between the orbit
of mars and Jupiter.Comets may originate in huge cloud
(called the ourt cloud), that is thought to surround the
Solar System .They are made of frozen gases and dust , and are
a few kilometer in diameter
Occasionally , a comet is deflected from the Oort Cloud to orbit the sun in a long , elliptical path. As the comet approaches the sun , the comet's surface starts to vaporize in the heat , producing a brightly shining coma( a huge sphere of gas and dust around the nucleus), a gas tail , and a dust tail.Meteoroids are small chunks of stones and iron , some of which are fragments of asteroids and comets .Meteoroids range in size from tiny dust particles to objects tens of metres across.If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere it is heated by friction and appears as a glowing streak of light called a meteor (also known as shooting star).Meteor shower occur when the Earth passes through the trail of dust particles left by a comet . Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere .The few that are large enough to reach the Earth 's surface are termed meteorites.
Occasionally , a comet is deflected from the Oort Cloud to orbit the sun in a long , elliptical path. As the comet approaches the sun , the comet's surface starts to vaporize in the heat , producing a brightly shining coma( a huge sphere of gas and dust around the nucleus), a gas tail , and a dust tail.Meteoroids are small chunks of stones and iron , some of which are fragments of asteroids and comets .Meteoroids range in size from tiny dust particles to objects tens of metres across.If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere it is heated by friction and appears as a glowing streak of light called a meteor (also known as shooting star).Meteor shower occur when the Earth passes through the trail of dust particles left by a comet . Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere .The few that are large enough to reach the Earth 's surface are termed meteorites.
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