Tag: space rocks

Friday’s Factoid 16 (by Titus and Mom!)

Titus drew such a cool asteroid last week that I asked him to illustrate a rhyme we made up to help us remember the difference between the other different kinds of space rocks we’ve been learning about: Comets, Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites.

Comet:

Dirty snowball out in space with smudgy tail making chase...
Dirty snowball out in space with smudgy tail making chase…

Meteoroid:
Ice melts off and leaves behind dirt and rocks that sometimes find...
Ice melts off and leaves behind dirt and rocks that sometimes find…

Meteor:
their way through Earth's thick atmosphere but burn all up before getting here...
their way through Earth’s thick atmosphere but burn all up before getting here…

Meteorite:
Except for sometimes they crash on through and hopefully don't land on YOU!
Except for sometimes they crash on through and hopefully don’t land on YOU!