Astroids
The location of astroids
They are located in the astroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter
The location of comets
They are found in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
Astroids are made of?
They are made of rock, metals, and some people think they were made form cosmic dust.
Comets are made of
They are made of ice, dust, and small rocky particles
How do asteroids move
They revolve around the sun, and revolve around a central axis
How do comets move
They move in elliptical orbits around the sun
Unique features about asteroids
Astroids can have irregular shapes, they can have moons/rings, some have water, and the mass of all the asteroids in the solar system is less than the moon
Unique features about comets
Comets are sometimes called “dirty snowballs”, comets can be a few miles wide to tens of miles wide, and they can be broken up by the sun’s gravity
What is the texture of asteroids
They are rocky and metallic
Identify the nucleus, coma, and tail of a comet
the "nucleus" is the solid, icy core, the "coma" is the hazy cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus, and the "tail" is the long stream of gas and dust particles that extends away from the comet