UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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Question
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A space rock that hits the Earth’s surface.
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A small solar system object that is made up of small pieces of asteroids or comets.
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A space rock that enters the Earth’s atmosphere
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A loose collection of rock and ice
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Detailed explanation-1: -Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Think of them as “space rocks.” When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors.
Detailed explanation-2: -Meteoroids are what we call “space rocks” that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. This term only applies when they’re in space. Most are pieces of other, larger bodies that have been broken or blasted off. Some come from comets, others from asteroids, and some even come from the Moon and other planets.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -A meteor is what happens when a small piece of an asteroid or comet, called a meteoroid, burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-5: -Meteoroid. Meteoroids are lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun, just as planets, asteroids, and comets do. Meteoroids, especially the tiny particles called micrometeoroids, are extremely common throughout the solar system.