Meteors are pieces of rock, ice or other debris from outer space that fall into the earth's atmosphere. Meteorites are the remnants of those objects that manage to make it all the way to the earth's surface without burning up.
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∙ 13y agoHow asteroids travel is still unknown however theorys include the big bang theory. The Property of inertia is how they continue moving along with gravity. Gravity causes them to orbit around a central body similarly to the planets.
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∙ 9y agoThe asteroid has momentum. There is also gravity in space mainly because of the Sun in our part of space. That gravity deflects the asteroid's path.
The result is that the asteroid moves in an orbit around the Sun.
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∙ 8y agoMeterorites don't move because they are meteors which have made it through the atmosphere and have arrived on the Earth's surface.
They do move on their way to museums but thereafter they don't move much at all.
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∙ 10y agoMeteors are all in orbit round the Sun. Many meteors are grouped in orbits that intersect the Earth's orbit at the same point every year. So every year on certain dates we see meteor showers. When a meteor is large enough to last through its journey through the atmosphere without being completely vapourised, it becomes a meteorite, and then someone can go and pick it up.
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∙ 8y agoMeteorites are rocks that have fallen from space, been heated to incandescence by crashing through the Earth's atmosphere, and have landed on the Earth. Meteorites can be carried around, or shipped by UPS or FedEx.
Back when they were meteorOIDS, they were just rocks falling freely through space under the influence of gravity. But once they become meteorITES, they are just rocks on the Earth.
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∙ 11y agothe gravity from the sun pulls them along, sometimes causing them to hit planets or other types of debris.
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∙ 8y agoThey orbit the Sun in ellipses, similar to the planets.
momentum
aplanet is big but an astreroids move very fast in space
Planet Asteroid Meteoroid
There is no difference between the name meteor and meteorid and meteorite but the real difference of an asteroid and a meteor is well meteors move really fast around space and an asteroid they just kinda stay there thats why they call it an asteroid field cyndaquil831 is out
Just like all of the rest of the solar system, the asteroid belt is mostly empty space. The probability (chances) of hitting something on the way through it is mathematically greater than it is while sailing through some other part of the solar system, but it isn't anywhere near a sure thing.
momentum
Asteroids travel through space.
aplanet is big but an astreroids move very fast in space
aplanet is big but an astreroids move very fast in space
Planet Asteroid Meteoroid
It is more likely to pass right through than impact anything as most of the asteroid belt is empty space.
space is a vacuum, and sound can't move through a vacuum.
Yes, the word 'asteroid' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a mass of rock that moves through space, a word for a thing.
An asteroid
Usually by another asteroid moving through the belt and hitting one, creating a force to move an asteroid from its orbit. Also, if a large enough asteroid passes by, it is possible that the gravity that it generates could pull a few off.
No. An asteroid can be anything from 10 metres to 487km as in the case of Ceres the largest asteroid.
There is no difference between the name meteor and meteorid and meteorite but the real difference of an asteroid and a meteor is well meteors move really fast around space and an asteroid they just kinda stay there thats why they call it an asteroid field cyndaquil831 is out