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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.
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What is a rock or metal that is smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
Comet
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 from an asteroid to a dwarf planet?
A dwarf planet is a body that orbits the sun - is often beyond the orbit of Jupiter and is classified below a planet. An asteroid is a body that orbits the sun within the asteroid belt.
What is the difference between moon and asteroids?
An asteroid is a piece of moon that orbits the sun and a moon is a giant rock sphere that orbits earth
What relationship does the asteroid belt and the sun have?
A comet orbiting the sun will always have it's tail pointing away from the sun.
What is a rock or metal that is smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
Comet
Chunk of material smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
a meteroid or comet i think
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 an irregularly shaped rocky mass that is smaller than a planet and occupies an orbit around the sun and are most found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
An asteroid from the orbit between Mars and Jupiter known as the asteroid belt.
What is a small piece of metal that orbits the sun?
An Asteroid
What is the difference from an asteroid to a dwarf planet?
A dwarf planet is a body that orbits the sun - is often beyond the orbit of Jupiter and is classified below a planet. An asteroid is a body that orbits the sun within the asteroid belt.
What is the difference between moon and asteroids?
An asteroid is a piece of moon that orbits the sun and a moon is a giant rock sphere that orbits earth
What relationship does the asteroid belt and the sun have?
A comet orbiting the sun will always have it's tail pointing away from the sun.
Planets whose orbits lie closer to the sun than the asteroids?
The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. The planets closer to the Sun than the asteroid belt are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
What is bigger than an asteroid but smaller than Mercury and farther from the sun than Neptune and why?
The dwarf planet, Pluto, is bigger than an asteroid, smaller than Mercury, and farther from the sun than Neptune. It used to be the smallest and furthest planet in our solar system.
What is a body of rock and ice that orbits around the sun?
an asteroid
Is Jupiter one of the inner or outer of the asteroid belt?
Jupiter orbits the sun outside the asteroid belt.
