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What causes a meteor shower?

Earth passing through a meteor stream ( a trail of meteoroid debris left by a comet)

Between which two planets is the asteroid belt found?

Mars and Jupiter

Meteor

Meteoroid that has entered Earths surface

Explain why a comet's tail forms

The solar wind causes particles from the coma to begin to drift away from the sun.

Which asteroids travel before and behind the planet Jupiter?

Trojan asteroids

What is a comets nucleus made of?

ice and dust

Meteorite

meteor that has landed on Earths surface

Meteoroid

small chunk of rock or metal in space


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