What is the difference between a comet, an asteroid, and a meteor?

another fish and yes this is all I can do with pics so far Asked by hooch about 1 year ago, 2 answers.

what is the difference between a comet, an asteroid, and a meteor?

Answered by amblessed on Jun 17, 2007, 12:35AM
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COMET: a celestial body that appears as a fuzzy head usually surrounding a bright nucleus, that has a usually highly eccentric orbit, that consists primarily of ice and dust, and that often develops one or more long tails when near the sun

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ASTEROID: any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

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METEOR: any of the small particles of matter in the solar system that are directly observable only by their incandescence from frictional heating on entry into the atmosphere

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Answered by mhung on Jan 31, 2008, 03:26PM
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.. and I dare add

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METEORITE: a meteor that enters our atmosphere and lands on earth

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