SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of this comet debris is between the size of a grain of sand and a pea and burns up in the atmosphere before reaching the ground.

Detailed explanation-2: -The particles that enter our atmosphere during a meteor shower or when you see a shooting star are usually very small. Some are no larger than a grain of sand.

Detailed explanation-3: -The small particles which become meteors typically range from the size of a grain of sand up to the size of a pea. When heated to incandescence by friction with air in our atmosphere, they burn up completely at heights of about 80 km-130 km.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meteoroids are small particles-often no bigger than a grain of sand-that orbit our Sun. When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, they produce brilliant streaks of light that can be seen in our sky. These brief streaks of light-and the particles that are moving through our atmosphere-are meteors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Think of them as “space rocks."