Difference between Asteroids,comets,meteors..

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Let's Start from the basics.

Asteroid

Q: What is an Asteroid??

Ans: An asteroid is a Huge rock type body present in the solar system.Dwarf planets are also considered as Asteroids.

                     Some of the asteroids have huge mass which are called as Planetoids.The first ever asteroid to be discovered by humans is CERES,which was discovered in 1801.

                                 There is an asteroid belt present in between Mars and Jupiter planets which contains innumerable asteroids.

Q: What are meteors??

A meteor.

Ans: Meteors are small objests which revolve in the space.These are comparitively very smaller objects than asteroids.There are meteors even of diameter 1 metre.Meteors are considered as "shooting stars".
                                                                                                             
It causes immense damge to the earth's surface if it hits the Earth's surface.


 




Visual Representation::

Q: What is a Comet??

Ans: Comets are the dusty snowy balls which consist of  frozen gases.When it passes nearer to the sun,it heats up and releases the dust particles and gases.

Comet

Halley's comet:

Halley's comet is the most known comet in the History of cosmology.This comet can be seen for every 76 years. It appeared last in 1986 and it will next appear in 2061.

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