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Space rocks

This short video and accompanying worksheet explains where asteroids and meteoroids come from, what they are made from and how they may sometimes fall to Earth. It also looks at how comets are formed and the role they may have played in bringing water to Earth.

This resource has been produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

 

Contents:

* Space rocks video

* Space rocks worksheet

 

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