GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a streak of light caused by a chunk of matter that enters Earth’s atmosphere and gets heated by the air
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a satellite of Earth
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A relatively small rocky object that orbits the sun
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a small orbitting body made up of dust, ice & frozen gases
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Detailed explanation-1: -Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. When frozen, they are the size of a small town. When a comet’s orbit brings it close to the Sun, it heats up and spews dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Comets are like dirty snowballs, made mainly of ice and frozen carbon dioxide with some dust and organic molecules, left over from the formation of the Solar System. They’re like “time capsules, ‘’ telling us what conditions were like in our Solar System 4.5 billion years ago, when the Sun and planets were first forming.
Detailed explanation-3: -Comet is an icy cosmic ball which orbits the Sun and while coming closer to Sun releases gases.