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on January 24, 2019

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METEORS Meteors are tiny dust pieces that fall towards the Earth faster than a bullet. They are formed from the dust shed by the comets. The dust from the comets falls with a burning tail and thus they are sometimes also referred to as 'Shooting stars'. they look like starlight flying across the sky. the Barringer Crater in Arizona, USA was formed when a large meteorite struck the Earth. COMETS Comets are huge balls of frozen rocks, dust and gas with a tail. They move in elliptical orbits which bring them close to the sun. They usually have two tail: Comets are classified into short or long period comets depending on how much time they take to orbit the Sun. Short period comets are found in the Kuiper belt while long period comets lie in the Oort cloud. Another type of comets are periodic comets appear at regular intervals. One of the most famous periodic comet is Halley comet which appear after every 76 years. It is named after an English Astronomer E...

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