SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -But comets are made of ice and dust-not rock. As a comet’s orbit takes it toward the Sun, the ice and dust begin to vaporize. That vaporized ice and dust become the comet’s tail. You can see a comet even when it is very far from Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike asteroids which are made up solely of rock, comets are made of a mix of ice, rock and gas. They’re also leftovers from the formation of the solar system and orbit the sun. But because of the way they’re made, as they get closer their ice and dust begin to melt which gives it a beautiful tail.

Detailed explanation-3: -An asteroid is a rocky object that orbits the Sun. Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids. Comets are small icy dirtballs that orbit the Sun; comets are made of ice and dust while asteroids are made of rock).

Detailed explanation-4: -Meteorites are fragments of rock or metal that fall to Earth from space. They are very rare, but many people find unusual rocks or pieces of metal and wonder if they might have found a meteorite.

Detailed explanation-5: -Comets also orbit the Sun, but they are more like snowballs than space rocks. Each comet has a center called a nucleus that contains icy chunks of frozen gases, along with bits of rock and dust.