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Asteroids, Comets, Meteors And Meteorites
Title: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors And Meteorites
Category: Science & Technology / Astronomy
Details: Words: 392 | Pages: 1.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors And Meteorites
*<Tab/>There is a large asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter.
*<Tab/>Asteroids are also known as minor planets.
*<Tab/>The largest know asteroid has a diameter of 1000 KM.
*<Tab/>This is the asteroid known as "Ceres"
*<Tab/>Asteroids are composed mainly of carbonaceous or silicate rock. Some also consist of rich metal material.
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…showed last 75 words of 392 total…break up and vaporize. Occasionally the fragments are large enough to burn up, glow, and become evident. (meteors)
*<Tab/>Meteors are mistakenly called shooting stars now and again though they are not stars at all.
*<Tab/>Rarely some are large enough that they will be able to strike earth's surface. (meteorites)
*<Tab/>When these fragments contact earth scientists study them as Extraterrestrial material.
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