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Is an asteroid a solid or gas?
An asteroid is solid. it is composed of rock and/or metal.
Is an asteroid a ball of gases?
No. An asteroid is composed of rock and/or metal and usually has an irregular shape.
How can you tell an asteroid from a comet?
An asteroid has a inactive body, composed of rock, carbon or metal, which is orbiting the sun. Comets are sometimes an active object, which is composed of dirt and ice.
Ceres terrertrial or Gasseous?
Ceres is an asteroid and is composed mostly from rock, metal and a bit of ice.
What heavenly bodies compose the asteroid belt?
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Is a asteroid a bunch of rock?
Many of them are, yes. However, some asteroids are composed largely of iron.
What is the difference between an asteroid and an asteroid belt?
An asteroid is a relatively small object in space composed primarily of rock and/or metal. An asteroid belt is a region in space around a star that has a higher then normal concentration of asteroids.
Is there water in the asteroid belt?
There is very little water in the asteroid belt. Some asteroids are composed of water ice, but it is in the form of frozen molecules rather than liquid water. The majority of objects in the asteroid belt are rocky and metallic, rather than icy.
Is mars inside or outside the astroidbelt?
Mars is located just outside the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt itself lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Therefore, Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, situated closer to the Sun than the asteroid belt, which is predominantly composed of small rocky bodies.
What is the area between Mars and Jupiter commonly called?
The area between Mars and Jupiter is commonly called the asteroid belt. It is a region of the solar system that is primarily composed of small rocky bodies called asteroids.
What is the the difference between a comet and a asteroid?
Asteroid: A relatively small, inactive body, composed of rock, carbon or metal, which is orbiting the Sun. Comet: A relatively small, sometimes active object, which is composed of dirt and ices. Comets are characterized by dust and gas tails when in proximity to the Sun. Far from the Sun it is difficult to distinguish an asteroid from a comet. Meteoroid: A small particle from an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun. Meteor: A meteoroid that is observed as it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere - a shooting star. Meteorite: A meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and impacts the Earth's surface.
Is Ceres a rocky or gas giant?
Ceres is a rocky dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is the largest object in the asteroid belt and is composed primarily of rock and ice.
