Space Rocks

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What is a meteor?

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A meteor is a meteoroid that bursts through Earth's atmosphere at very fast speeds and appears as a 'shooting star'.

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What is an asteroid?

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An asteroid is a LARGE chunk of rock and metal found in space.

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What are meteors sometimes called?

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Meteors are sometimes called shooting stars.

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Where is the Asteroid Belt located?

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The Asteroid Belt is located between Mars and Jupiter.

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What is a comet?

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A comet is made of ice, rock, and dust.

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What is a meteoroid?

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A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.

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What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

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A meteor is the flash of light produced when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, while a meteorite is a meteoroid that survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on Earth.

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What is the Kuiper Belt?

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The Kuiper Belt is a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, populated with many small icy bodies, including comets.

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What is the Oort Cloud?

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The Oort Cloud is a theoretical cloud of predominantly icy objects that exist in the outermost reaches of the solar system.

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What are the main components of a comet?

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A comet typically has a nucleus, coma, and tail.