SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Some asteroids are round, some are elongated, and some even have a satellite. A comet also orbits the Sun, but unlike an asteroid, it’s composed of ice and dust. So, when a comet gets close to the Sun, its ice and dust content start to vaporize. So, when seen in a telescope, a comet appears fuzzy and/or has a tail.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comets are frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices. They range from a few miles to tens of miles wide, but as they orbit closer to the Sun, they heat up and spew gases and dust into a glowing head that can be larger than a planet.

Detailed explanation-4: -Highlights. Asteroids, comets and other small worlds are leftovers from the disk of dust and gas that formed the planets in our Solar System.

Detailed explanation-5: -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-6: -Asteroids and comets are both small celestial bodies that orbit the sun. asteroids are mostly made of rock, while comets are made of ice and dust. Both asteroids and comets formed in the early days of the solar system, but comets formed further from the sun, where their ice didn’t melt.