What Are Asteroids?
How are asteroids in our Solar System formed, where are they found, and what danger do they pose to life on Earth? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Asteroids are made from rock, metal or carbon, while comets are made of rock and ice. Millions of asteroids form a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids that come close to our planet are called near-Earth objects. An asteroid hitting Earth may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. A Twig Context Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts in action in the real world.
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