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Why are stars and planets round while asteroids are irregular?
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A body has to be of a minimum size before there is enough gravity to crush it into a spherical shape. This is about 800 km across. Ceres is the only object in the asteroid belt that is spherical at 925 km across. This also depends on what the object is made of. One made of ice is easier to crush into a sphere than rock.
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What are the different parts of the solar system?
A star, planets, satellites of the planets, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust particles and also vacuum.
What are the similarities between asteroids and comets?
They may both vary in sizes but are smaller than a planet. There are a lot of them. They hit large objects like planets, moons or stars often.
What are star planets called?
That doesn't make sense. There are stars, and there are planets. If you mean "planets around stars, other than the Sun", those are usually called "extrasolar planets" or "exoplanets".
Are shooting stars asteroids?
Sometimes. We call them "asteroids" when we see them floating in space. Occasionally, one of them (or a piece of one) will collide with the Earth's atmosphere, and it will burn up as a meteor.
Were stars formed before the planets?
Yes. Planets orbit around the stars, so the stars must have preceded the planets. Additionally, our concept of the "big bang" implies that the early universe was composed of 98% or more hydrogen, a percent and a bit as helium, and "everything else" as about 1%. All of the heavier solid elements were created in supernova explosions in the cores of massive stars.
Which can only be observed with a telescope asteroids meteors stars or planets?
Asteroids.
Is 250 planets larger than 100 stars and 100 asteroids?
YES, 100 stars and 100 asteroids are larger than 250 planets
Are comets asteroids stars or galaxies sometimes called minor planets?
Asteroids, some comets, and dwarf planets are classified as minor planets. Stars and galaxies are much larger than planets There are dwarf planets and these are Ceres Pluto and Eris.
Which of these objects reflect light and which emit light Comets Asteroids Planets Sun Meteors Stars?
Reflectors: Comets, asteroids, planets Emitters: The sun, meteors, stars The sun is a star.
What is composed of stars planets satellites asteroids dust and gas?
The Universe
Are all-stars round?
Yes. All the stars are round and all the planets are round.
Are all stars round?
Yes. All the stars are round and all the planets are round.
Galaxies are groups of?
Stars, planets, moons, comets, asteroids and other phenomena.
What other things are there in the Milky Way Galaxy besides planets?
pluto,asteroids,stars,comets and dwarf planets Stars, gas, black holes.
The study of stars?
astrology The scientific study of the stars, planets, asteroids etc is Astronomy.
What are the items found in space besides stars moons and planets?
Yes, an example is asteroids.
What are the different parts of the solar system?
A star, planets, satellites of the planets, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust particles and also vacuum.
