- Asteroids are classified as rocky and metallic objects that orbit the Sun.
- Too small to be planets.
- Most asteroids are in a belt between Mars and Jupiter
- Ceres was considered a asteroid, but is now a dwarf planet
- A comet is a irregularly shaped body made of frozen gases and matter
- They have a elliptical orbit
- A comet are sometimes called a dirty snowball
- A comet has 3 parts the Nucleus, the Coma, and the Tail
- While a comet orbit the sun it burns off material
- The tail is always pointing away from the sun
- A meteoroid is a piece of stony or metallic material traveling in outer space.
- Meteoroids are smaller than Asteroids.
- Meteoroids travel around the Sun in orbit.
- A meteor is a streak of light in the sky from a meteoroid burning up because of friction with gasses in the atmosphere.
- A meteor is sometimes called "shooting" or "falling" star.
- About 3,000 metric tons ( 6,612 lbs ) fall to Earth as dust per day.
- A meteorite is a meteoroid that reaches the surface of Earth without burning up.
- types include stony, iron, and stony iron
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