ASTEROIDS:

• Are classified as rocky and metallic objects that orbit the sun Too small to be plantets
• Too small to orbit the sun
• Most are in the asteroid belt which is in between Mars and Jupiter

Fun Fact: Pluto was considered a asteroid, but now is called a dwarf planet

Meteoroids:

• Meteoroids that hit the Earth become Metoerites
• Meteoroids are a piece of stony or metallic material traveling in outer space
• Smaller than asteroids
• Travel around the sun in orbits
• The meteor burns as it enters the atmosphere

Meteorite:

• A meteoroid that has reached the ground
• Meteorites are a streak of light in the sky from meteoroid burning up because of friction with gases in the atmosphere
• Sometimes called shooting stars or falling stars
• About 3000 metric tons fall to earth as dust per day

Comets:

• An irregularly shaped body made of solid grains of matter and frozen gases
• Comets orbit close to the sun and deep into space
• Sometimes called dirty snowballs
• The parts of comets are nucleus, coma, and tail