Small Bodies of the Solar System:

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Small Bodies of the Solar System

• Comets

Asteroids
and Meteoroids
by Joe Schmoe, Susie Q and Molly Wolly
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Comets
Comets are balls of frozen gases and tiny rock
that travel at more than 100,000 miles per hour.
The particles and gases in a comet can stretch
for millions of miles.
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Asteroids
Asteroids are made of rock and are sometimes
called minor planets. They can range in size
between 40 feet and 620 miles across. Most
asteroids orbit the sun in a region called the
asteroid belt, which stretches between the orbits
of Mars and Jupiter.
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Meteoroids
Meteorites are interplanetary rubble created by
collisions between asteroids. Meteoroids that
fall through the earths atmosphere are called
meteorites.