Comets are interplanetary bodies that contain abundant ices and dark, carbon-rich soil.
We suspect that several of the outer satellites might be comets captured into orbit around Saturn by Saturn's large gravitational pull. Meteorites are fragments of asteroids created during collisions, and thrown into Earth-crossing orbits. They are valuable, as they can tell us a lot about the ancient history of the solar system. A sonic boom accompanied the flash of It made a loud noise light. Summarize relations between the bodies and particles responsible for meteors, comets, zodiacal light, asteroids, and meteorites.