UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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planet
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meteorite
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meteor
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asteroid
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Detailed explanation-1: -1. Asteroids. Asteroids are rocky, airless worlds that orbit our Sun. They are remnants left over from the formation of our solar system, ranging in size from the length of a car to about as wide as a large city.
Detailed explanation-2: -The largest asteroid is called Ceres. It is about one-quarter the size of the moon and orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter in a region called the asteroid belt. Unlike most asteroids, Ceres is spherical in shape.
Detailed explanation-3: -Asteroids are space rocks. Some asteroids are as small as boulders. Others are as big as football fields. Some asteroids are almost as large as planets, and astronomers sometimes argue about whether really big asteroids ought to be called planets or not.
Detailed explanation-4: -Space Environment The asteroids are orbiting the Sun, each one traveling around the Sun fast enough for the orbits not to degrade. If something slows an asteroid, it may “fall” towards the Sun, towards Mars, or towards Jupiter.
Detailed explanation-5: -The biggest, Ceres, is 590 miles (950 kilometers) in diameter.