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What is a chunk of an asteroid that has broken off in outer space?
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∙ 12y ago
An asteroid-sized chunk of rock with a tail would be a comet.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoA Meteoroid if the chunk is boulder sized or smaller, or just another Asteroid if it is house-sized or bigger.
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What is a chunk of ice mixed with rocks?
it is a comet it flies through outer space!!
Where are asteroids hypothesized to have originated?
In the asteroid belt, as well as in the rings of some of the gas giants.
What is a natural outer space disaster?
Any kind of collision, such as a meteorite or asteroid colliding with a planet, or an explosion of a star could be classed as natural disasters in space.
Why Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are considered as outer planets because they lie between the asteroid belt and the throughout space.
What is the impact of asteroid when it direct hit the planet?
There is no "impact asteroid". An asteroid impact however is when an asteroid hits a planet or moon.
What is a chunk of an asteroid that has broken off in outer space calles?
meteoroid
What is a chunk of asteroid that has broken off in outer space?
A Meteoroid if the chunk is boulder sized or smaller, or just another Asteroid if it is house-sized or bigger.
What A chunk of an asteroid that has broken off in outer space?
A Meteoroid if the chunk is boulder sized or smaller, or just another Asteroid if it is house-sized or bigger.
A chunk of an asteroid that has broken off in outer space is called?
A piece of an asteroid is still an asteroid, until you get down to pretty small pieces. At some point, when it's too small to see from far away, they are called "meteoroids" or just "space rocks". There isn't any formal hierarchy of sizes.
What is found between the inner and outer planets?
The asteroid belt is between the inner and outer planets, but mostly it is just empty space.
What is a chunk of ice mixed with rocks?
it is a comet it flies through outer space!!
Why are meteors different to asteroids?
An asteroid is a large chunk of rock and metals in outer space - they may have at one time been a fragment of a moon or planetoid, or formed as an accumulation of loose debris in space. Due to impacts with other bodies in space, smaller pieces can break off from the asteroid. These pieces are known as meteoroids while they are in outer space, meteors when they leave a visible streak of light as they pass through earth's atmosphere, and meteorites if they remain intact and hit the earth's surface.
Does a meteor give off its own energy?
No. An asteroid is just chunk of rock and metal in space. It does not release its own energy.
What meteor inthe outer space?
If it's big, its an asteroid, if its small its a meteoroid. (But no one defines "big" or "small".
Where are asteroids hypothesized to have originated?
In the asteroid belt, as well as in the rings of some of the gas giants.
Where in outer space can you go?
You can go to many planets
Is a supernova an asteroid?
No. An asteroid is a piece of rock and/or metal in in outer space. A supernova is an explosion that occurs when a large star dies or when gas accumulates around a white dwarf.
