Asteroids,comets,and meteor showers

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Asteroids,comets,and meteor showers

• By Matthew.p ?

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History

• Asteroids are believed to be left over from the
  beginning of the solar system 4.6 billion years
  ago.
• Shooting stars are really meteors.
• Meteors come from a belt around Jupiter.

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Statistics

• Comets can be 8 km wide and 15 km long.
• Meteors can weigh about 55 metric tons.
• Asteroids usually range in size from 1 km to 1000
  km across.

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Interesting Facts

• More than 100,000 asteroids are in a belt between
  mars and Jupiter!
• A comets tail can be in front of it or behind it!
• Scientists think that asteroids might be remains
  of earlier planets.

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Physical Appearance

• Big chunks of ice with lots of dust.
• Big pieces of rock with some craters
• A smaller version of an asteroid.

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Bibliography

• Web path express