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What is the relationship between meteoroids, asteroids, and comets in the solar system?
Oh honey, here's the deal: meteoroids are smaller than asteroids, that's like comparing a gnat to a giant rat. And comets, well they're like the flashy cousins that swing by sometimes with their beautiful tails. So in a nutshell, they're all floating around up there playing cosmic tag, just different sizes and attitudes.
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Do asteroids comets and meteoroids pose danger to earth?
Meteoroids generally do not pose much of a risk as they are generally small enough to burn up in the atmosphere, and do not reach the surface. Asteroids and comets are larger and can cause potentially catastrophic damage if they strike Earth.
What are the three types of small bodies in your solar system?
The three types of small bodies in the solar system are asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. Asteroids are rocky objects found mostly in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, comets are icy bodies with tails that form when they approach the sun, and meteoroids are small rocky or metallic fragments that travel through space.
What two objects produce meteorites?
comets and asteroids
Where are meteoroids usually found?
Meteoroids are usually found in outer space, traveling through the solar system. They can be debris from comets or asteroids, and when they enter Earth's atmosphere, they are called meteors.
What revolves around the sun other than planets?
Comets, asteroids, planetoids, various dust and debris fields.
Are comets asteroids or meteoroids found in orbit between Mars and Jupiter?
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt, which contains the bulk of the solar system's asteroids. Where there are asteroids the are undoubtedly meteoroids.
What are comets asteroids and meteoroids?
Asteroids comets and meteoroids all are masses of land sometimes inflamed and usually come from parts of planets hurtling through space.
Where did meteoroids originate?
Meteoroids primarily originate from two sources: asteroids and comets. Most meteoroids are fragments of asteroids, particularly from the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. Comets, when they approach the Sun, shed debris that can also become meteoroids. Additionally, some meteoroids can originate from the Moon or Mars, where impacts have ejected material into space.
Which of these are icy objects comets meteoroids or asteroids?
Usually comets are icy as that is why you see the icy trail, but asteroids can be icy too.
Are meteoroids larger than comets but larger than asteroids?
no
Are the meteoroids comets and asteroids part of your solar system?
Yes.
What are differences of comets meteoroid's asteroids?
Comets : mostly ice & are often in very distant elliptical orbits. Meteoroids and asteroids are usually rocky and/or metallic, asteroids are found in the asteroid belt (between Mars & Jupiter).
Are meteoroids smaller than comets but larger than asteroids?
Meteoroids are smaller than both comets and asteroids. They are small rocky or metallic objects that are typically smaller than asteroids and comets, which are large bodies that can range in size from several meters to hundreds of kilometers in diameter.
Do dwarf planets comets asteroids and meteoroids orbit the sun?
Yes.
Other members of the solar system?
asteroids comets meteoroids meteor meteorites
What are solid bits of debris that travel through the solar system?
Meteoroids, asteroids and comets.
What causes asteroids meteoroids and comets to orbit the sun?
Asteroids, meteoroids, and comets orbit the Sun due to the gravitational pull between these celestial bodies and the Sun. Their orbits are influenced by their initial velocity, mass, and distance from the Sun. When they come close to Earth, they can be observed as shooting stars or meteor showers.
