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1. COMMET OR ASTEROID?
HOW CAN YOU TELL?

3. COMET
A comet is a celestial object consisting of a
nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun,
a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away
from the sun.

5. ASTEROID
An asteroid is a rocky body orbiting the sun.
Large numbers of asteroids ranging in size from
nearly 600 miles (1,000 km) across to dust particles
orbit the sun. There is a large band of asteroids
between Mars and Jupiter. Some pass clodse to
Earth.

7. ASTEROID
An asteroid is a rocky body orbiting the sun.
Large numbers of asteroids ranging in size from
nearly 600 miles (1,000 km) across to dust particles
orbit the sun. There is a large band of asteroids
between Mars and Jupiter. Some pass clodse to
Earth.

9. COMET
A comet is a celestial object consisting of a
nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun,
a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away
from the sun.

11. COMET
A comet is a celestial object consisting of a
nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun,
a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away
from the sun.

13. COMET
A comet is a celestial object consisting of a
nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun,
a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away
from the sun.

15. ASTEROID
An asteroid is a rocky body orbiting the sun.
Large numbers of asteroids ranging in size from
nearly 600 miles (1,000 km) across to dust particles
orbit the sun. There is a large band of asteroids
between Mars and Jupiter. Some pass clodse to
Earth.

16. COMETS PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH TELESCOPES

17. ASTEROIDS PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH TELESCOPES