100's of tonnes of rock shoot very quickly towards the earth every year. But most of the rocks burn up when they reach the earths atmosphere to from shooting stars. The lumps of rock that reach the surface are called meteorites. A few of them are chips off comets , the moon or even Mars but most are bits of asteroids.
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains rocks all sizes. Although they frequently collide and break up the belt it is made up mostly of empty space. All together the asteroids would form an object smaller than the moon.
Meteorites can be big or small.
Meteorites enter the atmosphere, ram pressure, body to heat up and emit light forming a fire ball known as shooting stars.
Asteroids are a class of small solar system bodies in orbit around the sun.-
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains rocks all sizes. Although they frequently collide and break up the belt it is made up mostly of empty space. All together the asteroids would form an object smaller than the moon.
Meteorites can be big or small.
Meteorites enter the atmosphere, ram pressure, body to heat up and emit light forming a fire ball known as shooting stars.
Asteroids are a class of small solar system bodies in orbit around the sun.-
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