UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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has a tail of ice and gas
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is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars
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enters the Earth’s atmosphere
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has a nucleus made of rock and snow
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Short Answer: Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids. A meteor is what happens when a meteoroid – a small piece of an asteroid or comet – burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere, creating a streak of light in the sky.
Detailed explanation-2: -When a meteoroid enters Earth’s upper atmosphere, it heats up due to friction from the air. The heat causes gases around the meteoroid to glow brightly, and a meteor appears. Meteors are often referred to as shooting stars or falling stars because of the bright tail of light they create as they pass through the sky.
Detailed explanation-3: -A meteor is made up of bits of dust and rock that broke away from colliding asteroids, comets, or planets. Most of these chunks of rock and metal burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere and become meteoroids. If they reach Earth’s surface we call them meteorites.