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A big ball of dirty ice and snow in outer space is called a comet. Comets are made up of rock, dust, water ice, and frozen gases, which form a bright coma or "tail" when heated by the Sun's radiation as the comet approaches it.
A Comet
A comet, a dirty snowball actually.
It is usually comets that are reffered to as `large dirty snowballs, they contain mostly ice, but also some rock. They usually originate from the Kuiper belt or Oort cloud.
Asteroids are sometimes called," Dirty Snowballs".
Such objects can have several different names, depending on their location in the solar system and/or their characteristics. If the object is close enough to the sun to off-gas some ice or other volatile compounds, it is a comet. If it orbits the sun, inside the orbit of the outermost planet, it may be a meteoroid or asteroid, depending on the size. If it lies outside the planetary orbit, it may be a Kuiper Belt Object. If it orbits a planet, it may be a moon, if its big enough, or part of a ring system, if it's small, and accompanied by many other similar objects.
Comets have been described as being like big dirty snowballs. So has the dwarf planet Pluto.
No. Snow is a result of moisture being carried up into the atmosphere by convection. There is no atmosphere, moisture, or convection in space to produce snow, though there are, no doubt, ice crystals broken off from comets.
Dirty snow melts faster than clean snow primarily due to its darker color, which absorbs more sunlight. The impurities in dirty snow, such as dirt or soot, increase its thermal conductivity, allowing heat to be transferred more efficiently. Additionally, the rougher texture of dirty snow can promote faster melting by reducing the insulating effect of air pockets within the snow. As a result, dirty snow experiences a quicker rate of melting compared to clean, white snow.
Yes. 2nd Answer: Wellll, the Earth has always been a collection of rocky matter from outer space, but at one time, there was about 100,000 feet of snow and ice around the rocky part.