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Most of the asteriods that fly in space are made out of rock but SOME are make out of ice. If you have a question that goes 'Are asteriods made out of ice or rocks?' Write rocks because most asteriods are made out of them.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoand a mixture of the two. Most asteroids that we know about fall into the first category, and are made of Silicates. A small percentage are Iron-Nickel.
The rest form the third type. I believe that they are made of rocky bits left over from the formation of the inner planets.
The run-of-the-mill
asteroid is just one kilometer long. This asteroid would have a mass of two billion tonnes, of which 200 million tonnes would be iron, 30 million tonnes would be high-quality
nickel, 1.5 million tonnes would be the strategic metal cobalt, and 7,500 tonnes would be a mixture of the platinum group metals whose average values at 1996 prices would be in the neighborhood of $20,000 per kilogram. That adds up to $150 billion for the platinum alone.
additional. Comets on the other hand are mainly made of frozen gases such as water, carbon dioxide, and methane. They may have collected a small quantity of dust as well.
There may well be no well accepted difference between the asteroids and comets.
[The Sudbury
Crater in Canada was an asteroid that landed, and has been smeared out by geological movement. It is an important nickel deposit. ]
And yes, they do vary
greatly in size.
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∙ 12y agoNo, iron and rock is also a large part of an asteroid then ice sometimes.
'Comets' however, are made of ice. Sometimes referred to as dirty snowballs.
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∙ 8y agoNo. Asteroids are made of rock and/or metal though they may contain some ice. Comets are composes largely of ice.
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∙ 10y agoNo, comets are. Asteroids are basically just rocks.
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∙ 13y agoyes
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What are Uranus' rings made of?
Small bits of ice and rock.
Why are asteroids more likely than comets to survive entry through Earth's atmosphere?
Comets are largely made of ice and the ice and rocky materials they are made of are more loosely packed than an asteroid which is typically more solid chunks of rock and metal.
How are coments different from asteroids?
Comets are composed mostly of ice while asteroids are mostly made of rock or metal.
How the rings of Saturn are numbered what do they consist of?
saturns rings are made up of dust, ice, and chunks of rock :-)
Are Asteroids made up of dust and ice.?
Actually generally speaking Asteroids are heavily composed of high density rock. Dust and Ice are generally the properties of a Comet mostly because they aren't formed near the sun.
What do you call chunks of rock and ice that orbit around a planet?
Asteroids. Most asteroids lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Why comets show a perceptible coma while asteroids do not?
Beacuse asteroids are chunks of solid rock - Comets are primarily lumps of ice - which melts as it nears the sun !
What are the Two main substance asteroids are made from?
Asteroids are primarily rock and ice
Why are chunks of rock ice and dust considered a part of the solar system?
im guessing that its because asteroids are made of rock and some rings of planet are made of ice and dust as some of the planet. if its a school question i hope u get it right and if you get it wrong im sorri :(
Saturns rings are made of chunks of?
Ice and celesial rock
What are Uranus' rings made of?
Small bits of ice and rock.
Why are asteroids more likely than comets to survive entry through Earth's atmosphere?
Comets are largely made of ice and the ice and rocky materials they are made of are more loosely packed than an asteroid which is typically more solid chunks of rock and metal.
How are coments different from asteroids?
Comets are composed mostly of ice while asteroids are mostly made of rock or metal.
What are shooting stars made out of?
shooting stars are meteorites are comets or meteorites which are made out of large chunks of ice or out of rock
What are Saturn rings made of?
Saturn's rings are made of dust, ice, and rock.
How the rings of Saturn are numbered what do they consist of?
saturns rings are made up of dust, ice, and chunks of rock :-)
How are asteroids and meteors alike?
They are both in space and there made of rock, dust, and ice and they can see them here on earth.
