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What is a outer-space rock that is smaller than an asteroid is a?
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Objects below a diameter of about 10 meters are called meteorites.
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What is the name of the rock or dust smaller than an asteroid?
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What is a rock or metal that is smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
Comet
What is a large chunk of rock or metal much smaller than planets?
An asteroid or a meteoroid
What is a piece of rock or metal which is smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
It is called a particle.
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 do meteoroids look like?
A meteoroid is a sometimes called a shooting star. It is smaller than an asteroid, and made up of chunks of rock and ice.
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 a comet smaller than asteroid?
An asteroid is basically a rock in space. A meteor is basically a space rock falling into our atmosphere. Therefore, meteors are asteroids that are falling into our atmosphere, there is no size comparison, only a location and action change.
Is an asteroid smaller than mars?
Asteroids can be different sizes, so they can be larger or smaller than Mars.
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.
