Download other small bodies

• a small body of ice, rock
and cosmic dust that
follows an elliptical orbit
around the sun
• A moon is a natural satellite
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• A comet gives off gas and
dust in the form of a tail as
it passes close to the sun
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• a small, rocky object that
orbits the sun, usually in
the band between the
orbits of Mars and Jupiter
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• A satellite is a body that
revolves around a planet
• they become meteors, or
shooting stars, when they
fall through a planet’s
atmosphere
• they become meteorites
when they strike the
surface of a body