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Not really, you're thinking of comets,

asteroids are composed of rock, metal, or a combination of both.

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Are asteroids solid or gas?

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What are frozen lumps of gas and rock?

Frozen lumps of gas and rock in space are commonly referred to as comets. Comets are composed of ice, dust, gas, and rocky particles, often forming a visible tail as they approach the Sun and begin to vaporize.


Do asteroids have more in common with Mars or Jupiter?

Asteroids have more in common with Mars than with Jupiter. This is because both asteroids and Mars are rocky bodies, while Jupiter is a gas giant. Like Mars, asteroids are composed primarily of rock and metal, whereas Jupiter is mostly made up of gas and lacks a solid surface like asteroids and Mars.


What is the univere made up of?

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Is earth solid or frozen gas?

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What is composed of dust rock particlesand frozen gses and has a nucleus comaand tail?

A comet is composed of dust, rock particles, and frozen gases. It typically features a nucleus at its core, surrounded by a glowing coma—a cloud of gas and dust. When a comet approaches the Sun, solar radiation causes the gases to sublimate, forming a tail that always points away from the Sun due to solar wind.


Is a meteoroid made of ice rock and frozen gases?

That sounds more like a comet. Meteroids are relatively small rocks. They might have traces of ice or other frozen materials that would be gas at our temperature, but mostly they are just rock, because ice in such small quantities would tend to bleed away into space. Asteroids are much larger, and may often have ice and frozen "gases", but only as a relatively small part of their volume. Comets, on the other hand, are generally ice and frozen gases, with some rock mixed in.


Is Jupiter most made out of gas or rock?

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How are asteriods and comets alike?

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Is an asteroid a burnt out star?

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Is Jupiter made of rock ice or gas?

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