SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Many meteoroids are formed from the collision of asteroids, which orbit the sun between the paths of Mars and Jupiter in a region called the asteroid belt. As asteroids smash into each other, they produce crumbly debris-meteoroids.

Detailed explanation-2: -Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Think of them as “space rocks.” 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -A rock comet is, essentially, an asteroid that comes very close to the sun–so close that solar heating scorches dusty debris right off its rocky surface. This could form a sort of gravelly tail.

Detailed explanation-5: -A meteoroid is “a small, rocky or metallic body revolving in interplanetary space around the sun. A meteoroid is significantly smaller than an asteroid, ranging from small grains or particles to the size of large boulders.” In other words, a meteoroid is a “space rock” smaller than an asteroid.