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Which of these refers to smaller pieces of celestial debris that have entered a planet's atmosphere?

meteor


Why do asteroids have asteroid craters in them?

They have crater's in them because they collide with other, smaller asteroids or space debris on it's orbit and, because it was the bigger one of the two, comes away in tact with a scar (the crater).


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

That would be a meteoroid. Meteoroids are smaller pieces of debris in space that can range in size from dust grains to small rocks. When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, it creates a meteor or shooting star.


What does a wood chipper do?

A chipper takes branches, leave and debris and mulches them down into smaller pieces so that they are easier to dispose of.


Why are meteors different to asteroids?

An asteroid is a large chunk of rock and metals in outer space - they may have at one time been a fragment of a moon or planetoid, or formed as an accumulation of loose debris in space. Due to impacts with other bodies in space, smaller pieces can break off from the asteroid. These pieces are known as meteoroids while they are in outer space, meteors when they leave a visible streak of light as they pass through earth's atmosphere, and meteorites if they remain intact and hit the earth's surface.


What is the stream of debris between Mars and Jupiter?

The Asteroid Belt


What is rubble?

Rubble refers to broken or fragmented pieces of stones, bricks, concrete, or other debris left over from a building or structure that has been destroyed or demolished. It can also be used to describe the remains of rock or other material that has been crushed or broken into smaller pieces.


What is a good sentence for asteroid?

An asteroid is going too hit earth this weekend.


Was there ever a planet in the Asteroid belt?

No planet ever existed where the asteroid belt is. The mass is insufficient for a planet to have formed from all that debris.


What If a piece of space debris is too large to be a meteoroid and too small to be a planet it could be?

It could be an asteroid or comet.


Was caused by fallen debris from asteroid impact on dry soil and rock?

Scientists believe that fallen debris from an asteroid impacted on dry soil and rock caused Earth to form. This is referred to as "The Big Bang Theory".


Formation was caused by fallen debris from asteroid impact on dry soil and rock?

Scientists believe that fallen debris from an asteroid impacted on dry soil and rock caused Earth to form. This is referred to as "The Big Bang Theory".