MY HOMEWORK
What is a comet?
comets are small, fragile,irregulary shaped bodies composed of a mixture
of non-volatile grain and frozen gasses.they usally follow highly elongatedpaths around the sun.most become visible,even in telescops,
What is an asteroid?
An asteroid,sometimes called planetold, is a small celestial body
which orbits around the sun, along with other objects in our slolar system
such as planets.However like most planets,unlike most planets, larcgest known
asteroid is ceres which is 580 miles (980 kilomiters) in diameter.
Where have comets came from?
comets are belived to sources.Long- period comets (which take more than 200 years to
complete an orbit around the sun)orginated from the Oort cloud.Shore-period comets
(those which take less than 200 years to complete an orbit around the sun)orginated
from the kulper belt.
in the main
belt,but that is not the only asteroid
field in the solar system.There are four
sets of asteroids grouped in different fields:
the main belt,trojans,scatterd disc,and the kulper belt.
Where do asteroids come from?
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