UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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asteroid and comet
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comet and meteor
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asteroid and meteor
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -Asteroids tend to have shorter, more circular orbits. Comets tend to have very extended and elongated orbits, which often exceed 50, 000 AU from the Sun. (*Note: 1 AU, or Astronomical Unit, equals the distance from the Earth to the Sun.)
Detailed explanation-3: -The gravitational force between the Sun and the other components of the solar system such as the planets, asteroids, comets, etc., causes them to revolve around the Sun.
Detailed explanation-4: -Asteroids are usually found in the asteroid belt, whereas comets predominantly orbit the sun in two regions: the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt. Furthermore, asteroids orbit the sun in the same direction as other planets, but comets do not necessarily orbit the sun in any uniform way.