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What is the Meteors distance for the sun?

93 million miles (they only exist in the Earth's atmosphere).


What is the connection between meteorites and comets?

There is no connection, comets for the most part are large frozen blocks, mostly frozen water and they come from beyond Pluto, meteors are large pieces of rock and metal, and meteorites are meteors that reach our atmosphere and are usually quite small by the time they hit earth


What is the differences and similarities between comets asteroids and meteors?

guess wut comets have 3 parts the head [nucleus] and the tail obviously but the third is the coma that holds the gasses that make the tail meteors are and can become meteors meteorites and meteoroids meteors are passing through our atmosphere meteroids are meteors in space meteorites have hit earth asteroids are basically meteors that have reached 6 miles wide 3 of the biggest ones are considered dwarf planets ceres [eris] vesta and sedan


What are the 3 main group classifications of meteorites?

There are 3 main classifications of meteorites; Stony-iron meteorites, Iron meteorites and Stony meteorites. Stony-iron meteorites are mainly composed of meteoric iron which can be also found in Iron meteorites, Iron meteorites commonly contains iron nickel alloy and the Stony meteorites are the meteorites consists of silicate.


Would you use a classification paragraph or a division paragraph to let your friend know how to differentiate meteors meteorites and asteroids?

I would use a division paragraph to explain the differences between meteors, meteorites, and asteroids. This type of paragraph breaks down the subject into different categories, making it easier for the reader to understand the distinctions between each.

Related Questions

How do meteors orbit the sun?

Meteors do not orbit the Sun. Meteors are to be found/seen in the Earth's atmosphere burning up. Before they enter the Earths atmosphere they are called meteoroids and if they land on Earth they are called meteorites.


Why meteors are important?

Meteors are not that important, meteorites might be.


What are the meteors sand meteorites?

meteorites-larger chunks that land on earth's surface are called ''meteorites''meteors-at certain times,we see more meteors than usual and they appear as a ''showers''


Meteors that strike the ground?

Meteors that strike the ground are called meteorites.


How do you spell meteoroids?

Meteoroids, Meteors & Meteorites.


What is a meteorites revolution in eath years?

Meteorites don't revolve - they are meteors that have fallen to Earth.


Are meteors falling stars?

Yes falling stars and shooting stars are meteors and meteorites.


What are the differences between meteorites meteors and meteorites?

The meteor is the streak of light in the sky; the meteorite is the rock that caused it.


What is the meteoroids meteors meteorites distance from the sun?

most meteoroids originate in the asteroid belt (but they can come from anywhere, including the Oort Cloud which is well beyond Pluto) and follow extremely elliptical orbits that can carry them in closer than the orbit of Mercury then back out to where they came fromall meteors are inside the Earth's atmosphere (for a few seconds to minutes, from when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, becoming a meteor until it either burns up or hits the surface, becoming a meteorite) and are thus as far from the Sun as the Earth isall meteorites landed on the Earth and are thus as far from the Sun as the Earth is


What is the Meteors distance for the sun?

93 million miles (they only exist in the Earth's atmosphere).


What is the term used for pieces of stone that enter the earth's atmosphere?

Meteors or meteorites.


What are the different kinds of meteors?

There are three main types of meteors: iron, stony-iron, and stony. Iron meteors are primarily composed of iron and nickel. Stony-iron meteors have roughly equal amounts of rock and iron-nickel. Stony meteors are made up of silicates and other minerals.