Meteors
What is the difference between a meteor and an asteroid?
A meteor is a piece of a asteroid that went into the atmosphere of earth.
what are asteroids made of?
Asteroids are made from broken piece of planets that used to be.
Why do Comet look like they have tails.
Comets look like they have tails because of the of the dust dust and the gas forming to make what is called a coma, which the sunlight interact with it to created the famous tails that comets have.
How often do meteors and asteroids hit Earth?
There are thousand of meteorite that hit earth every day.
where are asteroids located at?
Asteroids are located in the asteroids belt that is between Mars and Jupiter.
What are comets made of?
Comets are formed from rock, dust, water ice, and frozen carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and ammonia.
How do scientists track asteroids and predict close passes that are years or decades away?
Scientists can track meteors in the sky by taking picture of large part of the sky every single day, and computing orbits for detected asteroids.
Can asteroids have moons that can orbit around them.
Yes they can, it happen because of the asteroids probably hit the other asteroids/moon and if it is in the right angel and right speed it can put it into a orbit.
What are some nicknames for comets?
Nicknames include "dirty snowball" “cosmic snowballs”
Why do meteor fall into earth's atmosphere?
How does asteroids orbit around the sun?
asteroids orbit the sun in a elliptical orbits
How did Comet get it name from?
Comets got it name from the Greek word "kometes"
which mean hairy or long haired star.
What is the difference of a meteor and a meteorite?
A meteor is a object in earth's atmosphere and is high in the sky, while a meteorite is a object that reach the surface of earth.
How are asteroid and comets different.
Asteroids are made of metals and rocky material, while comet are made of ice, dust, or rocky material.
what is the biggest comet ever recorded?
Hale Bopp Comet, whuch has a nucleus of that is more than 60 miles in diameter