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What is the name of the rock or dust smaller than an asteroid?
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What is a large chunk of rock or metal much smaller than planets?
An asteroid or a meteoroid
What is the difference of a meteor and an asteroid?
An asteroid is a heavenly body which has its own orbit, between mars and jupiter, and revolve around the sun. It is made up of dust and rock. Meteor is also a heavenly body like asteroid but smaller than that.
Is an asteroid bigger or smaller than the Earth?
Asteroids are much smaller than Earth.
How are asteroids different to planets?
An asteroid is a rock that is far smaller than a planet or dwarf planet. They have no atmosphere. They may circle a sun or a planet.
What is a rock or metal that is smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
A rock or metal that is smaller than an asteroid and orbits the sun is known as a meteoroid. Meteoroids are space rocks that range in size from tiny particles to larger boulders. When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, it creates a streak of light known as a meteor or shooting star.
What is smaller than an asteroid and orbits the sun?
That is called a meteorite. It is basically the same thing as an asteroid, but anything smaller than about 10 meters is called a meteorite.
Is an asteroid smaller than mars?
Asteroids can be different sizes, so they can be larger or smaller than Mars.
What is a piece of rock or metal which is smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
A piece of rock or metal that is smaller than an asteroid and orbits the Sun is called a meteoroid. These objects are typically the remnants of asteroids or comets and can range in size from a grain of dust to a few meters in diameter. When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, it creates a meteor or "shooting star."
What planet of rock and ice is smaller than earths moon?
Actually, that description fits two known objects in our solar system: Pluto and the asteroid Ceres.
Is an asteroid bigger than earth?
No. Asteroids are much smaller than Earth.
Is the largest asteroid larger or smaller than Pluto?
The largest asteroid is far smaller the Pluto. The largest asteroid in our solar system is Ceres, with a diameter of about 900 kilometers. Pluto has a diameter of about 2,300 kilometers.
