Where do asteroids and comets come from?

Answer 1

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the Inner Solar System. However, between the orbital paths of Mars and Jupiter lie a region known as the asteroid belt. Many asteroids come from there, but most of them stay there.

Short-period comets originate from the Kuiper Belt, just outside the orbit of Neptune, while long-period comets are thought to originate in the Oort cloud.

Answer 2

Asteroids are remnants from the early solar system, made up of rocky or metallic material that never coalesced into a planet. Comets are icy bodies that originate from the outer solar system, such as the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Both asteroids and comets can be remnants of the original building blocks of the solar system.

Answer 3

Comets and asteroids are objects in orbit around the sun leftover from the formation of the solar system.