Vocabulary #10: The Outer Solar System

Comet: a ball of rock and ice that orbits the Sun
                           
Meteoroid: A small asteroid (rocky object that orbits the Sun), wich may  be far out in the solar system or close to the inner planets

                          


Meteor: A meteroit that enters Earth`s atmosphere and burns with a streak of light
                            
                              
                        

                       

Meteorite: Any part of a meteoroid that reaches Earth`s surface