UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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Broken pieces of asteroids and comets that range in size from small dust to10m are moving around in our solar system. These are called
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meteorites
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meteors
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meteoroids
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Meteoroid: A small particle from a comet or asteroid orbiting the Sun. Meteor: The light phenomena which results when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere and vaporizes; a shooting star.
Detailed explanation-2: -Asteroids and meteoroids are small rocky objects, much smaller than planets, that orbit the sun. If it is larger than 1 meter in diameter, then it is an asteroid; if it is 2 millimeters to 1 meter in size, it is a meteoroid. If it is smaller than 2 mm, it is a micrometeoroid.
Detailed explanation-3: -Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
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