SMALL CELLESTIAL BODIESOnline version Characteristics of small cellestial bodies in the Solar System by Sara Galán del Álamo 1 ASTEROIDS 2 DWARF PLANETS 3 COMETS Made up of rocks and metals Most of them orbit the Sun in an area between Mars and Jupiter They are irregular in shape They can be from a few meters to several hundreds meters wide They orbit the Sun in an area called belt Eros, Pluto and Ceris are 3 of them Spherical bodies Similar, but smaller than planets Their orbit has a different inclination compared to planets' orbit. Unlike planets, they have not cleared the area in which they orbit They form tails when they pass through the inner Solar System They have a centre called nucleus Long-period ones, orbit the Sun in the Oort Cloud They lose matter when they pass close to the Sun Consist of rocks, ice and dust
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