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Are asteroids and comets rocks?
Asteroids are composed mainly of rock, metal, or a mixture of the two. Comets are a mixture of ice and rock.
What two objects produce meteorites?
comets and asteroids
What two space objects produce meteorites?
comets and asteroids
What two comets did Clyde tombaugh discover?
Tombaugh was credited with discovering hundreds of asteroids, as well as Pluto in 1930, but no comets.
Explain at least two ways that comets and asteroids can affect earth?
it can destroy earth
What are the names of the two other large asteroids?
juno and bamberga
HOW DO ASTEROIDS AND COMETS DIFFERS?
A comet is a large chunk of ice and rock (sometimes you can find iron there, too) with a large tail of ice. Comets are usually relatively small, and some can be formed from a collision between two asteroids. Comets, if they come in contact with Earth, usually are melted to pebbles from the atmosphere. Asteroids, on the other hand, differ greatly in size. They can be as small as a pebble or as big as a city. They are what astronomers and scientists worry about the most. After all, a large enough asteroid destroyed the dinosaurs. Asteroids have no tail of ice, and have no ice at all. They're made of solid rock and iron. Asteroids and comets have many things in common. They're considered space debris from collisions. They smash into planets and cause impacts. They both are made or rock - and sometimes iron - and dance around through deep space doing nothing at all.
In between what two planets are asteroids?
The vast majority of asteroids is in the the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. However, there are asteroids all around the solar system.
How can comets and asteroids affect earth?
There is only one way that a comet or asteroid can affect the earth. These two things can affect the earth if they enter the earth's atmosphere and hit our planet.
Do asteroids have tails?
It's assumed those asteroids that once were comets have had the ice and dust burned off and now have nothing coming off to make a tail.
Which two planets have asteroids between their orbits?
Mars and Jupiter.
How hot are most asteroids?
The average temperature of the surface of a typical asteroid is -100 degrees F (-73 degrees C).
