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Celestial Body

Celestial phenomena encompass various objects such as meteoroids, meteors, meteorites, asteroids, and comets. Meteoroids are small rock or metal fragments in space, which, when they enter the Earth'

Celestial Body

Celestial Body

Asteroids

Asteroids are leftovers from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
Asteroids can reach as large as Ceres, which is 940 kilometers (about 583 miles) across.
The surface temperature is approximately -73°C
Asteroids are made up of stones and metals (iron and nickel)

Comets

Comets compose of gas and water that freezes into ice, dust and rocky particles
The length of its tail can reach up to 150 000 000 km
The size of the head reach get up to 250 000 km
Comets consist of a head and tail

Meteoroids

Meteorite
After the meteor crashes with the surface of the earth it is called a meteorite
Meteor
A meteor is a shooting star
After the meteoroid burns it start moving to the atmosphere its called a meteor
Some meteoroid burn brighter that others those are called fireballs
When the molecules rub the meteoroids it start to burn