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An asteroid or perhaps a comet depending on the orbit the object takes.

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What are the differences between Mercury and the moon?

Mercury is a planet. The moon is a chunk of rock. Mercury orbits the sun. The moon orbits the Earth, which in turn orbits the sun.


What is a body of rock and ice that orbits around the sun?

an asteroid


Chunk of material smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?

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Is an asteroid the same thing as an asteroid belt?

No. An asteroid is a relatively large chunk of rock and/or metal in orbit around the sun. The asteroid belt is a region in the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where the majority of the asteroids orbit.


What is Earths sun?

Moon orbits around earth, which orbits around the sun.


What is different between sun and moon?

The sun is a giant nuclear fusion reactor and everything in the solar system orbits around it or is pulled into it by the sun's gravity and is destroyed. The sun gives off heat, light and radiation. The moon is a rock that orbits the earth.


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A Comet :)


Do other planets revolve around the sun too do they have there own orbits?

They have their own orbits, around the star they formed around, just like how our planet orbits our sun.


Can the moon orbit around the sun?

The moon does orbit the Sun. Locked in orbit around the Earth, as the Earth orbits the Sun, the moon orbits the Sun.


How is the earth and moon orbit different?

The Earth orbits around the Sun, while the moon orbits around the Earth.


What is the the planet that orbits the sun on its side?

Venus, rotates or orbits around the sun on its side


What are the planets orbits?

The planets orbits are the routes or paths that the planets follow around our sun. One orbit is one trip around the sun (one year).