Asteroids - AJ

• An asteroid is a small object in the solar system that travels around the sun.It is like a planet but smaller.
• Asteroids may look like stars in the sky, they are really huge rock like objects that orbit the sun like planets.
• In the ancient Greek language asteroid meant like a star in space.
• Like planets asteroids do not make their own light they get light from the sun.
• Asteroids are the left over rock material from the formation of the solar system.