| A | B |
|---|
| Have a coma and a nucleus | comet |
| can be seen during early morning hours | meteors |
| made primarily of dust and ice | comet |
| Burn up in our atmosphere | meteors |
| Small rocky bodies called "flying mountains" | asteroids |
| Lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter | asteroids |
| They have both, short and long orbital periods | comets |
| We see shooting stars becous of these | meteors |
| Ceres is one of the largest, about 1000Km in diameter | asteroid |
