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Cosmic blobs of gas collapse in on themselves to form stars and planets.

Bands of dust which were not captured by any of the planets fell together under their own gravity to form the bodies of asteroids and comets. "Leftover" chunks of rock, basically.

When an asteroid, comet, or other such debris falls through he atmosphere we call it a meteor. If any solid part of it lands on earth, it is called a "meteorite".

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What comet is associated with the Orionids meteor shower?

Halley's Comet


Is cloud a celestial object?

No. A celestial object is an object in outer space, such as a planet, star, meteor or comet. Clouds are not in outer space, therefore they are not a celestial object.


Can the Leonids Meteor Shower be viewed in Jamaica and at what time and where in sky can I find it?

Any meteor shower can be observed from anywhere in the world. The best time to see meteors is between midnight and dawn. Our understanding of the precise location of the debris streams is not as accurate as people like to think, and the predictions are often off by several hours. Each recorded observation improves the predictions for the next encounter with this comet track, of course, but we are often surprised when meteors fall in greater or lesser numbers than were expected.Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through or near the orbit of a comet. Comets shed dust and gravel on each pass through the inner solar system, and the debris lags very slightly behind the comet's nucleus. As the centuries pass, the entire orbit of the comet becomes somewhat dusty, and when Earth passes through the dust trail, we get meteor "showers".However, meteors can enter the Earth's atmosphere at any time.


What is a chunk of rock or dust in space that usually comes from a comet or an asteroid is?

"Meteoroid". If it actually hits the Earth's atmosphere, the streak of light will be a "meteor", and if the object survives to impact the Earth's surface then we call the remains a "meteorite".


What causes meteors shower?

There are tiny dust-sized particles in Earth's path around the Sun. These particles are usually leftovers from asteroids or comets.When Earth passes through these particles, they burn up in our atmosphere producing bright lines. This is called a meteor shower.. . .a group of meteors that have an orbit that intersects the orbit of Earth, resulting in a large number of meteors entering the atmosphere in a relatively short span of time. Said another way. . .Meteor showers typically come about due to temporarily high concentrations of sun-orbiting debris that crosses the orbital path of Earth and, hence, collide with her atmosphere.While there are no "comet groups", comets being invariably solitary, debris cast off from a comet during its close approach to the sun can participate as "meteoric" space junk that encounters Earth during a meteor shower. Meteor showers tend to arise from old comets that have broken up and spread out along the comet's orbit. A meteor shower happens when the Earth's orbit intersects one of these old comets' orbits. That is why the same shower happens around the same date each year, and the meteors in that shower all appear from the same 'radiant point'.