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Yes, all of these, plus water ice, can be constituents of meteroroids (tiny asteroids orbiting the Sun).

They are also the substances that comets are made of, as evidenced by their decomposition as the gases are heated by the Sun. Comets are defined by the long tails of material explosively ejected from the comet bodies.

The exact mix is determined by the type of meteoroid and its orbit. Those in the outer solar system are more likely to contain higher percentages of ice and frozen gas. These volatiles are less present in the objects orbiting the inner solar system, due to solar heating.

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