GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Earth
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comet
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asteroids
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gibbous
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Detailed explanation-1: -Meteoroids are what we call “space rocks” that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. This term only applies when they’re in space. Most are pieces of other, larger bodies that have been broken or blasted off. Some come from comets, others from asteroids, and some even come from the Moon and other planets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Asteroids are made mostly of rock-with some composed of clay and silicate-and different metals, mostly nickel and iron. But other materials have been found in asteroids, as well.
Detailed explanation-3: -Asteroids are made of rock, metals and other elements. Some even contain water, astronomers say. Asteroids that are mostly stone sometimes are more like loose piles of rubble.