Outer space continues to be a place full of unknowns for humanity. It is precisely for this reason that constant studies and research are carried out to obtain more information about what is outside planet Earth.
In space you can find elements such as asteroids, meteorites, among other space objects, which in some cases can be seen from somewhere on the ground. What differentiates them?
According to National Geographic, a asteroid It consists by definition of a rocky body, either carbonaceous or metallic, with a size smaller than that of a planet and larger than that of a meteoroid.
Its orbit is located between the sun and Neptune’s, usually oscillating between Mars and Jupiter, sometimes deviating due to its crossing with larger planets.
Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but larger than the rock-sized objects we call meteoroids.
For its part, the Space Place site details that meteorites They are the result of a meteoroid, a small part of an asteroid or comet that burns up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere and creates a beam of light in the sky.
“Sometimes one asteroid can crush another. This can cause small pieces of the asteroid to separate. Those pieces are called meteoroids”, explained on the site.
On the other hand, a Kite It is a body composed of ice, rocks and organic matter that orbit the Sun. The ice can evaporate with sunlight and we can see the resulting dust and gas in the form of a tail or atmosphere known as a “coma”.(I)
Source: Eluniverso
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