SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun. A meteor is what happens when a small piece of an asteroid or comet, called a meteoroid, burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere. Read on to find out more and learn the difference between asteroids and comets, meteoroids and meteorites, and more!

Detailed explanation-2: -They orbit the sun among the rocky inner planets, as well as the gas giants that make up the outer planets. Meteoroids are even found on the edge of the solar system, in regions called the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. Different meteoroids travel around the sun at different speeds and in different orbits.

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: -The large objects that revolve around the sun are called planets. There are eight planets that revolve around the sun and some of those planets have moons which revolve around them. The planets that revolve around the sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Detailed explanation-5: -Asteroids that actually cross Earth’s orbital path are known as Earth-crossers.