Comets
Made of frozen ice, gas and dust.
Hally is one.
Have a long gas tail.
Have a long dust tail.
Most orbit between Mars and Jupiter.
Surrounded by hydrogen cloud.
Sungazers are ones that crash into the sun.
Asteroids
Made of rock and /or metal.
Ceres is the biggest.
Have no tail.
Also known as planetoids.
Some have hit the earth.
Orbit the sun.
Some come close to earth.
Highly elliptical orbit.
Have no atmosphere
Part of our solar system.
Comets and Asteroids
(author: Ms. Herron)
