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it is called elements i am absolutely positive. Or they may actually be called
Asteroids.

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What is interplanetary debris?

Interplanetary debris refers to pieces of rock, metal, and dust that are scattered between planets and other celestial bodies in space. This debris can be remnants of asteroids, comets, or even fragments from collisions between larger bodies. It poses a threat to spacecraft and satellites during space travel.


Why are asteroids cometsand meteoriods known as space debris?

Meteoroids are mostly very small items, some as small as pieces of dust. Asteroids are larger, but are the remnants of the formation of some of the planets and their moons. Comets also have a lot of dirt and dust trailing from them. So all of these things are debris of one sort or another.


When asteroids colide pieces of rock or metal fall of what are these called?

When asteroids collide, the pieces of rock or metal that break off are called "fragments" or "debris." Specifically, if these fragments are large enough to survive their journey through the atmosphere and land on Earth, they are referred to as "meteorites." Smaller pieces that burn up upon entering the atmosphere are known as "meteoroids."


Smaller pieces of rock from old broken-up comets become?

Small pieces of rock from old broken-up comets become meteoroids when they enter Earth's atmosphere. Depending on their size, they can create meteors (shooting stars) as they burn up or meteorites if they survive the journey to the surface of the Earth.


What are pieces of comets that stream through the air called?

Pieces of comets that stream through the air are called meteoroids. When they enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up, they create bright streaks of light known as meteors or shooting stars.

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What is interplanetary debris?

Interplanetary debris refers to pieces of rock, metal, and dust that are scattered between planets and other celestial bodies in space. This debris can be remnants of asteroids, comets, or even fragments from collisions between larger bodies. It poses a threat to spacecraft and satellites during space travel.


Why are asteroids cometsand meteoriods known as space debris?

Meteoroids are mostly very small items, some as small as pieces of dust. Asteroids are larger, but are the remnants of the formation of some of the planets and their moons. Comets also have a lot of dirt and dust trailing from them. So all of these things are debris of one sort or another.


What are pieces of rock moving through space?

-- meteoroids -- asteroids -- comets -- satellites -- planets (rocky ones)


Debris from the solar system strikes the earth as?

meteoroids, entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up as meteors or shooting stars. Some larger pieces that reach the Earth's surface are known as meteorites. These debris can come from asteroids, comets, or other celestial bodies in the solar system.


When asteroids colide pieces of rock or metal fall of what are these called?

When asteroids collide, the pieces of rock or metal that break off are called "fragments" or "debris." Specifically, if these fragments are large enough to survive their journey through the atmosphere and land on Earth, they are referred to as "meteorites." Smaller pieces that burn up upon entering the atmosphere are known as "meteoroids."


What are comets asteroids and meteors with one question at a time?

Comets a planet like object going around the sun in larger elliptical orbit with greater period of revolution, asteroids are broken pieces of some planets, meteors are due to the passage of such broken pieces through atmosphere of earth due to gravity pull.


Smaller pieces of rock from old broken-up comets become?

Small pieces of rock from old broken-up comets become meteoroids when they enter Earth's atmosphere. Depending on their size, they can create meteors (shooting stars) as they burn up or meteorites if they survive the journey to the surface of the Earth.


Why have comets happened?

Comets are solid pieces of rock that are in long elliptical orbit around the sun. They occur because pieces of other space objects (asteroids, moons, planets, etc.) were knocked off into this path, and the path just happens to come close to the Earth.


What are pieces of rock debris found in space called?

Pieces of rock debris found in space are called meteoroids. When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, it is known as a meteor. If a meteor survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on Earth's surface, it is called a meteorite.


What are pieces of comets that stream through the are called?

a apple with gum disease


Why are comets asteroids and meteoroids part of your solar system?

they r broken pieces of rock from planets and they r something natural in the solar system so yeah.


Where did astroids come from?

Asteroids are believed to have come from celestial bodies such as small moons that have broken into pieces. These and other space debris have been captured by gravity fields within the solar system, creating the asteroids.