Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

1. Icy object

• Comets

• Meteors

• Asteroids

2. Rocky composition

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

3. Streak across the sky very fast

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

4. Takes 1 to 100 years to complete their orbit around the sun

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

5. They come from Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors