UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Comet contains icy shell while asteroid and meteor do not have.
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Meteor contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
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Asteroid and comet contain icy shell while meteor does not have.
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Asteroid contains icy shell while asteroid and meteor do not have.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main difference between asteroids and comets is their composition, as in, what they are made of. Asteroids are made up of metals and rocky material, while comets are made up of ice, dust and rocky material. Both asteroids and comets were formed early in the history of the solar system about 4.5 billion years ago.
Detailed explanation-2: -An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun. 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-3: -The main difference between comet and meteor is that a comet is a cosmic object made of ice, gases, rock and dust that orbits the Sun while a meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, and asteroids are all objects that originate in the space.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main difference between asteroids and comets is their composition. Asteroids and comets are debris left over from the formation of the moon and planets. Comets are located in the outermost regions of the solar system, while most asteroids are located in a belt between Jupiter and Mars.