Why are the comets composed of frozen materials?

Why do comets develop tails when they get close to the sun?

How are thousands of asteroids classified?

How do the term meteoroid, meteor and meteorite differ from one another?​


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Answer:

1.Comets are frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices. They range from a few miles to tens of miles wide, but as they orbit closer to the Sun, they heat up and spew gases and dust into a glowing head that can be larger than a planet.

2.Comets leave long beautiful tails when they come close to the sun. ... But when it approaches the sun, the heat evaporates the comet's gases, causing it to emit dust and microparticles (electrons and ions). These materials form a tail whose flow is affected by the sun's radiation pressure.

3.Millions of asteroids exist: many are shattered remnants of planetesimals, bodies within the young Sun's solar nebula that never grew large enough to become planets. ... Individual asteroids are classified by their characteristic spectra, with the majority falling into three main groups: C-type, M-type, and S-type

4.When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors. When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it's called a meteorite.