Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids Facts for Kids

Comets, Meteors and Asteroids Facts for Kids

Comets, meteors and asteroids are three different astronomical bodies, yet they hold several things in common. They are presumed to be the remains of the elements that created the Sun and the planets. However, they are too small to be viewed as planets. Some are just a few feet in size, while others are a mile long. 

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These celestial bodies travel through space and occasionally become caught by a planet's gravitational pull. Meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere every day but are burned up before they get to land on the ground. Could an asteroid hit the Earth? Asteroids usually stay in the Asteroid Belt though they may sometimes knock off course. An asteroid could hit the Earth but it's unlikely to happen. That's one of the reasons why astronomers never stops from studying the space, looking for asteroid that might crash into Earth.

Space Junk Facts for Kids

Discover Space Junk Facts for Kids

What is a space junk? Here are a few Space Junk Facts that your kids will love to learn. Any time space shuttles travel into space they leave debris behind. It might be tools, old engine parts, fuel tanks or even an astronaut's gloves. Satellites eventually wear out and stop working. They, too, become space junk.

Space junk can cause problems. One of the problems is that space junk can fall back to Earth. More often than not, it burns up before it reaches the ground.

Has anyone been hurt by falling space debris? Fortunately, no one has been seriously injured. Most of the debris that has fallen from space lands in oceans or places where few people live.

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