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Asteroids, Comets and meteors
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Ten facts about asteroids, comets, and meteors
Astroids
*About 100 have a diameter over 100 km
*some reflect light well other are black are coal
*asteroids tumble as they orbit the sun
Comets
*comet west will not be that more than 500,000 years
*comet look like dust because it's surrounded by gas
*Haley's comet will be back in 2061
Meteors
an asteroid is a lager meteors
a comet is a solid body made of ice rock dust and frozen gases
meteors showers is and event that occurs during sometime each year
a fireball is brighter than plant Venus