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METEOROID, ASTEROID 💥AND COMET ☄️ (CHARACTERISTICS OF : (meteoroid =…
METEOROID, ASTEROID 💥AND COMET ☄️
CHARACTERISTICS OF :
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comet = small body of ice, gas and frozen dust that travels around the sun
- consists of a head (can reach up to 250 000km long) and tail (can reach up to 150 000 000 km long)
- travels at average of 10kms-1 to 70kms-1
MOVEMENT OF :
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ASTEROID
asteroids mostly are in the asteroid belt. asteroid orbits outside the belts includes orbits of Apollo, Amor and Aten
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COMET
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comets melt and obtains a longer tail which results in increase of speed when it gets closer to the sun
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