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well meteors are usually boiling like comets, however asteroids are usually a formation of gas and ice but they all form in outer space

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Are asteroids same as comets?

no


do meteors and asteroids mean the same?

Not exactly. If small lumps of rock stay out in space, they are asteroids. If they enter the earth's atmosphere they are meteors.


Did humans arrive on asteroids?

No, but it might possibly be theorized that the materials required to spark life on planet Earth could have been delivered in this way. Comets and meteors are also possibilities of the same effect.


What are comets and meteors made of?

Comets and meteors are made of rocks and boulders same as on earth. But since they are in space for a long time, they might have some differences, little differences.


Is a comet an asteroid?

Comets and asteroids are the same, but differ in the fact that comets have surface activity with their characteristic tail.


Are asteroids and comets the same thing?

okay i think that they are the same because arnt comets the same as shoting stars and shoting stars are just asterids that came to close to the earth so i think that they are the same. but you might want to ask someone before using this information im only 13. ok no! your way wrong soory bro.. comets have a tail... asteroids don't comets are made up of mostly rock and ice...and asteroids of rock and metals. and by the way, a shooting star is an meteor not and asteroid


How are asteroids and comets the same?

They both orbit the sun.


What is the difference between meteors and comets?

a comet is frozen water [ice] its revolution is different and it is brighter in the sky my science teacher asked the same question


Are asteroids bigger than comets?

Asteroids are generally bigger than comets, with sizes ranging from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. Comets are typically smaller and are made up of rock, dust, and ice. However, there can be exceptions, and sizes can vary among individual asteroids and comets.


How are the inner planets protected from many asteroids strikes?

The atmosphere protects the inner planets the same way as for meteors.


Is a comet smaller than asteroid?

An asteroid is basically a rock in space. A meteor is basically a space rock falling into our atmosphere. Therefore, meteors are asteroids that are falling into our atmosphere, there is no size comparison, only a location and action change.


Do all meteors hit the earth at the same speed?

no, notreally. Different meteors have different speed as they are different in sizes.