SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Each time the comet passes close to the Sun, it loses some of its material. Over time, it will break up and disappear completely. Many comets enter an elliptical orbit and repeatedly return to the inner solar system where they can be viewed from Earth at specific times.

Detailed explanation-2: -Comets are small icy dirtballs that orbit the Sun; comets are made of ice and dust while asteroids are made of rock). A meteor is a space rock-or meteoroid-that enters Earth’s atmosphere, as it – burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere, it creating a streak of light in the sky (often called “shooting stars").

Detailed explanation-3: -A meteor is what happens when a small piece of an asteroid or comet, called a meteoroid, burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meteoroids are lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun, just as planets, asteroids, and comets do.

Detailed explanation-5: -While a comet is at a great distance from the Sun, its exists as a dirty snowball several kilmoeters across. But as it comes closer to the Sun, the warming of its surface causes its materials to melt and vapourise producing the comet’s characteristic tail.