adjar.id – Many Adjarians may be familiar with the term celestial bodiessuch as comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and meteors.
Can anyone tell the difference between comets, asteroids, meteoroids and meteors?
If we search the internet for images of comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and meteors, they will all look the same, rock-shaped, and some have light.
But it turns out that these four celestial bodies are very different from each other, you know.
Some of them fly across the sky, others orbit the sun, others collide with planets or other celestial bodies.
Well, objects that collide with planets are then called “shooting stars.”
So what’s the term “shooting star”, huh?
Find out the differences between the first four below, come on!
The difference between comets, asteroids, meteoroids and meteors
Comet
Comets are celestial bodies that orbit the sun, are relatively small in size and are composed of ice and dust.
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