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What are the differences between comets asteroids and meteorites?
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∙ 12y ago
Meteorites are chunks of space rock that fell on earth. They are pieces of rock that can be found on the Earth surface but come from outer space. Asteroids are rocks that travel thru open space, meaning they are pieces of other planets or just boulders flying around in space. If an asteroid (small one) hits earth and is then found by someone then it is an meteorite. A comet is a boulder made of mostly ice that travels thru space at hi speeds and has a defined hyperbola around a star. So Rocks form space on earth are meteorites rocks in space flying around are asteroids and ice traveling realy fast (as a boulder) around a star is a comet.
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∙ 15y ago
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All meteorites collected on Earth come from asteroids or comets?
False.
What can impact a planet?
Meteroids or comets can impact on a planet.
How do comets meteorites and asteroids differ?
Meteorite is found on the surface of the planet, Comets are also known as dirty snowballs, Asteroids are small rocky bodies.
What is the differences and similarities between comets asteroids and meteors?
guess wut comets have 3 parts the head [nucleus] and the tail obviously but the third is the coma that holds the gasses that make the tail meteors are and can become meteors meteorites and meteoroids meteors are passing through our atmosphere meteroids are meteors in space meteorites have hit earth asteroids are basically meteors that have reached 6 miles wide 3 of the biggest ones are considered dwarf planets ceres [eris] vesta and sedan
What do comets and asteroids not have in common?
Comets are Comets and Asteroids are Asteroids
What are two differences between comets and asteroids?
there is no answer
Do meteorites asteroids and comets travel in their own orbits?
no.....
What two objects produce meteorites?
comets and asteroids
What two space objects produce meteorites?
comets and asteroids
What are meteorites asteroids and comets?
Rock debree from other galaxy's
What do asteroids meteorites and comets have in common?
They are all very hot.
All meteorites collected on Earth come from asteroids or comets?
False.
What can impact a planet?
Meteroids or comets can impact on a planet.
How do comets meteorites and asteroids differ?
Meteorite is found on the surface of the planet, Comets are also known as dirty snowballs, Asteroids are small rocky bodies.
What is the differences and similarities between comets asteroids and meteors?
guess wut comets have 3 parts the head [nucleus] and the tail obviously but the third is the coma that holds the gasses that make the tail meteors are and can become meteors meteorites and meteoroids meteors are passing through our atmosphere meteroids are meteors in space meteorites have hit earth asteroids are basically meteors that have reached 6 miles wide 3 of the biggest ones are considered dwarf planets ceres [eris] vesta and sedan
Other members of the solar system?
asteroids comets meteoroids meteor meteorites
What are some SSSBs in the solar system?
Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, meteors, meteorites
