SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Meteorites. A meteorite is a fragment of spatial matter that falls to the surface of a planet. Most meteorites that fall to Earth come from the Asteroid Belt. Watch as a meteorite travels to Earth, causes an explosion, and creates an impact crater.

Detailed explanation-2: -An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun. A comet is a ball of ice and dust that obits the Sun. A meteoroid is a small piece of an asteroid or a comet. A meteor is a streak of light in the sky that appears when a meteoroid burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -A meteoroid is a chunk of rock or dust in space. Meteoroids come from comets or asteroids. Some form when asteroids collide in space; others form when a comet breaks up and creates a cloud of dust that continues to move across the solar system.

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: -Meteoroids are chunks of matter originated from asteroid belt. These meteoroids burns up when they reach the earth’s atmosphere and they are called as meteors.

Detailed explanation-6: -Asteroids are space rocks that have existed since the formation of the planets over 4.6 billion years ago. Scientists believe that asteroids are pieces of rock that were never swept up into planets. Like the planets, asteroids are kept in orbit by the gravity of the Sun.