SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.

Detailed explanation-2: -meteor: A meteoroid that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up. meteorite: A meteoroid, especially one that has hit Earth’s surface. asteroid: A rocky object that orbits the sun and has an average size between a meteoroid and a planet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comets and asteroids orbit the Sun similar to the way the Earth does. Scientists believe many of these small worlds have changed very little since they first formed. They are unlike Earth with all its weathering, volcanoes and earthquakes.

Detailed explanation-4: -(opens in new tab) NASA’s current asteroid count is over 1 million. Asteroids orbit the sun in highly flattened, or “elliptical” circles, often rotating erratically, tumbling and falling through space.