UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Comets
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Meteors
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Asteroids
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: A Meteor is considered harmless even though it can be viewed from earth at times.
Detailed explanation-2: -When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors. When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite.
Detailed explanation-3: -A comet is a ball of ice and dust that obits the Sun. A meteoroid is a small piece of an asteroid or a comet. A meteor is a streak of light in the sky that appears when a meteoroid burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere. A meteorite is a meteoroid that does not burn completely up but reaches the Earth’s surface.
Detailed explanation-4: -Asteroids with a 1 km (0.62 mi) diameter strike Earth every 500, 000 years on average. Large collisions – with 5 km (3 mi) objects – happen approximately once every twenty million years.