Sun, Planets and Space Rocks

Our solar system's main asteroid belt is found in between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter.

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Meteoroids are similar to but much smaller than asteroids.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

When Earth orbits the Sun and passes through the orbit of a comet where these comet fragments are found, we observe many streaks of light from Earth called meteoroid shower.

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Meteorite is the space rock fragment before it enters Earth’s atmosphere.

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Meteoroid can come from, asteroids, comets, or Moon and Mars.

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Asteroids are also referred to as minor planets or planetoids.

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Asteroids are left over materials from the formation of the solar system.

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Nucleus is the bright glow around the "head" of a comet.

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Kuiper Belt and Oort cloud are the two region in space where meteoroids are came from.

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Comets are the only space rock that orbit around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2