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A comet is made of ice and dust, while an asteroid is a space rock. Asteroids travel in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Comets fly around our solar system. Asteroids can be from the size of a pebble to 640 miles across, while comets are usually only a few miles across.
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Is Halley's comet the largest asteroid?
No. For one thing, Halley's comet is a comet, not an asteroid. The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is far larger than Halley's comet.
Is a planetoid and asteroid or a comet?
asteroid
What are two differences between comet and an asteroid?
comet is a ball of dirty ice or in other words made of dirty ice and asteroid is a i think a ball of rock or dirt clustered together
Can an asteroid be come a comet?
no
What is the name of the comet that wiped out dinosaurs?
Scientists usually refer to this as an asteroid, not a comet. It's the asteroid that caused the Chicxulub crater.
An asteroid with a tail is called a?
Comet
Is a asteroid belt dangerest?
the asteroid belt is safe for now long as there ere rouge comets comet comet clos to the belt
What is tempel 1 asteroid?
9P/Tempel or Tempel 1 is a comet, not an asteroid.
What is the diffidence between evangelist and missonary?
Diffidence is the fact that you are shy. You are not diffident "between" two things, that just doesn't make sense.
Something that travels in space?
A comet or asteroid.
What is one synonym for the word asteroid?
comet
What is the difference between a coment and a meteor?
Basically it is the region of space that defines a comet from a meteor. A meteor comes from the asteroid belt that sits between mars and jupiter where as a comet originates from the ort cloud that surrounds our solar system. It begins in the far reaches past pluto. The great distance and lack of proximity to our sun causes ice and dust to accumulate on the core and if it is in an orbit that takes it close enough to the sun that mix of ice and dust begins to melt and sheds off the comet creating the "tail" that is visible as it passes by. An asteroid does not have any ice to burn off so it is not as visible as a comet. The term meteor is not relevant until the comet or asteroid breaches our atmosphere at that point the comet or asteroid is then referred to as a meteor.
