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What is the difference between a comet and a meteor?
A comet is a celestial object made of ice, dust, and gas that orbits the sun, while a meteor is a small rocky or metallic object that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a streak of light in the sky.
What is one major difference between a comet and a shooting star?
One major difference between a comet and a shooting star is that a comet is a small icy body that orbits the sun, while a shooting star is a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a streak of light in the sky.
A meteor is an asteroid that has been captured by a planet's or a moon's gravity and has been pulled away from the sun's gravity true or false?
False. A meteor is a small rocky or metallic body that enters a planet's atmosphere and burns up, creating a streak of light in the sky. It comes from a meteoroid, which is a smaller fragment of an asteroid or comet that has entered the Earth's atmosphere.
What do you call something that can distinguish two objects near by?
A sensor or a proximity sensor is typically used to detect and distinguish between objects located nearby.
What is the ability to distinguish two nearby objects called?
Resolving power.
What comet is associated with the Orionids meteor shower?
Halley's Comet
What is the difference between a coment and a meteor?
Basically it is the region of space that defines a comet from a meteor. A meteor comes from the asteroid belt that sits between mars and jupiter where as a comet originates from the ort cloud that surrounds our solar system. It begins in the far reaches past pluto. The great distance and lack of proximity to our sun causes ice and dust to accumulate on the core and if it is in an orbit that takes it close enough to the sun that mix of ice and dust begins to melt and sheds off the comet creating the "tail" that is visible as it passes by. An asteroid does not have any ice to burn off so it is not as visible as a comet. The term meteor is not relevant until the comet or asteroid breaches our atmosphere at that point the comet or asteroid is then referred to as a meteor.
What comet is the Perseid meteor shower associated with?
Comet Swift-Tuttle
Is comet and meteor the same?
No. A Comet is a relative large body that is seen for many days. A meteor is the flash of a tiny bit of sand or gravel, usually left over from a comet.
What comet produces the leonids and how long does the comet take to make a singie orbit?
The comet responsible for the Leonids meteor shower is Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which takes about 33 years to complete one orbit around the sun. When Earth passes through the debris trail left behind by this comet, we experience the annual Leonids meteor shower.
What is the difference between a comet and a meteor?
A comet is a celestial object made of ice, dust, and gas that orbits the sun, while a meteor is a small rocky or metallic object that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a streak of light in the sky.
What comet do the Taurids come from?
The Taurids are an annual meteor shower associated with the comet Encke.
How can differentiate a meteor from a comet when viewed from Earth?
comet moves slowly and appears in the sky for a longer time. meteor moves swifty and seems to fall on the ground.
What is the differs between a comet a meteor and a meteorite?
Asteroid: A relatively small, inactive body, composed of rock, carbon or metal, which is orbiting the Sun. Comet: A relatively small, sometimes active object, which is composed of dirt and ices. Comets are characterized by dust and gas tails when in proximity to the Sun. Far from the Sun it is difficult to distinguish an asteroid from a comet. Meteoroid: A small particle from an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun. Meteor: A meteoroid that is observed as it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere - a shooting star. Meteorite: A meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and impacts the Earth's surface.
How can you differentiate a meteor from comet when viewed from earth?
A comet has a long tail (hence the name comet meaning long-haired star) while a meteor is only a beam of light.
What is a breifly visible meteor?
it is a comet. jk its your mom
What are frozen chunks that orbit the sun?
A meteor or comet
