SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A small object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun.
A
Comet
B
Asteroid
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. Although asteroids orbit the sun like planets, they are much smaller than planets. There are lots of asteroids in our solar system. Most of them live in the main asteroid belt-a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Detailed explanation-3: -Asteroids are tiny, rocky bodies that orbit the Sun. “Asteroid” means “star-like, ‘’ and in a telescope, asteroids look like points of light, just like stars. Asteroids are irregularly shaped because they do not have enough gravity to become round.

Detailed explanation-4: -Small asteroids are known as meteoroids. When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere of the Earth, it is called a meteor. If any of the meteor survives its trip and lands on Earth, we call it a meteorite.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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