7.09.2015

Understanding meteors, meteoroids, meteorites and asteroids



A meteoroid is a small celestial bodies were also around the sun and huge numbers. Often some of them fall to the earth. Meteoroid that fell to Earth would rub with a layer of air and fire. Meteoroids burning in the air layer is called a meteor. Pijarnya light often appears as a shooting star. Meteorite that reached Earth's surface are called meteorites. Meteor contains a lot of iron and nickel.

Asteroids are a number of celestial objects such small planets move around the sun. Asteroids are often also known as the small planet. Asteroids are often found around the trajectory of Mars and Jupiter. In our solar system is estimated there are more than 100,000 asteroids. The largest asteroid named Ceres. Ceres diameter of approximately 685 km.

Gas and dust that was between the planets is called interplanetary substance. Zodiac light is visible light in a dark place such as a thin band of light. That is sunlight reflected by interplanetary substance.

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