All About Comets Asteroids And Meteorites
Contents
• How are Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites formed
• The locations of Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites in the solar system
• How Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites developed
• Do people collect them?
• Meteorites From the Moon
• Fun facts
How Are Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites Formed?
Most asteroids are made of rock, and they are called stony asteroids. Some asteroids that are made of iron, nickel, and other materials. These are called iron asteroids. A few asteroids are made of the nomination of rock and metal. These are known as the “stony-irons.”
How Are Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites Formed?
• Asteroids often collide with one another, scattering broken pieces in space. When one of these rocky fragment’s lands on Earth, they are called a meteorite.
• A comet is a ball of ice, gas, and rocky dirt. It circles the Sun in a long, almost in an oval like path that is called an orbit.
The Locations Of Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites In The Solar System
• Comets are leftover bits from the formation of the solar system. The icy clusters are found in at lest two different places.
• Short-period comets that orbit the sun lie in the Kuiper Belt. This ring is just outside of the Neptune and Pluto.
• Meteoroids come from the small objects in the Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud and scattered disk. When they get knocked out of these areas and travel toward the sun, they give off dust and gas. Scorned call them comets.
How Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites Developed
• About 41and a half billon years ago our solar system began from a huge swirling cloud of gas and dust particles. The dust particles clumped together forming the Sun and many smaller objects.
• Plants took shape when these small objects smashed together. After the planets formed, thousand of rocky bits are leftover that we now call asteroids.
Do People Collect Them?
• Yes, scientists and nonscientists including curious kids take the time to hunt and collect meteorites.
• They can be found anywhere on Earth, but they are the easiest to find in hot deserts and frigid Antarctica. They can be spotted on the plain tan sand or white ice.
Meteorites From The Moon
• When two asteroids crash into one another, one of them might get knocked out of its orbits. If the asteroids crosses the moon’s orbit …Boom! It creates holes called craters and this marks the spot where the asteroids have hit the moon.
• If an asteroid crashes into the moon, bits of the moon fly into space and become meteoroids. Sometimes these rocky bots enter Earth’s atmosphere and land on our planet.
Fun Facts
• Fireballs are an extremely bright mentor produced when a large meteorite plunges towards earth. Some fire balls they are so bright that they can be seen during the day.
• A comets tail can spread so thin that a huge sports arena full of comet tail material would contain less matter than a teaspoon of ordinary air.
• A comets tail is very long and can stretch hundreds of millions of kilometers.
• If one was to lump together all the asteroids in the asteroid belt, they would have a ball smaller than our moon.
About the Author
I am a second-grade author from New Jersey. I love writing stories about nonfiction. When I’m not writing I enjoy going to restaurants and playing video games. Some of favorite book are the Series of Unfortunate Events. I was inspired to write this book because I am very interested in space and want to learn more. One fun fact about me is I ride horses hope you enjoy reading my book as much as I enjoyed writing it!
I would like to dedicate this book to My mom