I can say that I never actually took the time to really think about meteors or comets nor did I bother to read up on either of the subjects. However, once I read about them both I was thoroughly intrigued. Meteors are about the size of a baseball and can reach speeds up to 30,000 miles per hour. The heat they hold is more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit and they also glow. The extreme heat causes most meteors to vaporize which then creates shooting stars. Once meteors hit the ground, they become meteorites. The largest meteorite recovered in the United States weighed 2,360 pounds and was found in a wheat field in southern Nebraska in 1948. Comets are a mixture of ices (both water and frozen gases) and dust that didn't get incorporated into
