Asteroids, comets and meteors

Asteroids, comets and meteors

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  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors Science8 By: Teacher Ana
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  Asteroids ● These arethe rocky and airless leftovers from the formation of planets in our solar system. ● They mostly orbit our sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and range from the size of cars to dwarf planets.
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  Click the astronautand click the link that appears below it, for more information about asteroids.
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  Comets ● Comets aredirty space snowballs of mostly ice and dust that formed during the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago. ● Most comets have stable orbits in the outer reaches of the solar system past the planet Neptune.
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  Click the astronautand click the link that appears below it, for more information about comets.
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  Meteors ● Meteoroids aretiny asteroids or the broken-off crumbs of comets and sometimes planets. They range in size from a grain of sand to boulders 3 feet (1 meter) wide. ● When meteoroids collide with a planet's atmosphere, they become meteors. ● If those meteors survive the atmosphere and hit the planet's surface, their remains are called meteorites.
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  Click the rocketship and click the link that appears below it, for more information about meteors.
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  That’s the endof our lesson. I hope you learn something from our discussion. Thank You and Have a great day!