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COMETS are members of our Solar System. But unlike the Earth and other planets, which always stay at approximately the same distance from the Sun, most comets are great travelers that spend most of their time on the outskirts of the Solar System (way beyond Pluto!) and then wisk in briefly for a close pass near the Sun.
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www.pha.jhu.edu/~weaver/comet-facts.html
www.pha.jhu.edu/~weaver/comet-facts.html
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All about comets...
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amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/cometmyt...
amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/cometmyth/home.html
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Tails on comets are different because of the photon pressure. Comets are not hot when traveling throgh space, they are still cold. So if the comet gets to close to the sun, the comet will fade away by melting. The person that found the comet has it's name for identification.
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library.thinkquest.org/J002975F/factson.htm
library.thinkquest.org/J002975F/factson.htm
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Gives a few basic facts about comets. And a few pictures. ... Are objects made up of gas, ice and dust. They travel around the Sun in an orbit. Are warmed up as they approach the Sun. This causes the Comet to form a head and tail. The head is the cloud Halley's Comet (above) and Hale-Bopp Comet (right) are two famous comets...
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www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/comet.html
www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/comet.html
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Comet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A comet is a Small Solar System Body that orbits the Sun. When close enough to the Sun, a comet exhibits a visible coma (fuzzy "atmosphere"), and sometimes a tail, both because of the effects of sol...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
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Comets are in orbit around the Sun as are our planets. ... Comets are composed of ices, dust and rocky debris carried from the early formation of the solar system about 4.5 billion years ago. ... Comets are remnants from the cold, outer regions of the solar system. They are generally thought to come from two areas - the Oort...
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deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/educ/CometFacts.html
deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/educ/CometFacts.html
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Comets & Meteors ... Introduction:Comets have been around since the start of our solar system. ... Comets used to strike fear as people beleved it was the end of the world!. Once the telescope was used to observe them people started to see what they were, and started to unlock their secrets.
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gitmds.tripod.com/facts/comets/index.html
gitmds.tripod.com/facts/comets/index.html
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Comets are small, fragile, irregularly shaped bodies composed of a mixture of non-volatile grains and frozen gases. They have highly elliptical orbits that bring them very close to the Sun and swing them deeply into space. ... For this reason, comets are said to be short-lived, on a cosmological time scale.
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www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm
www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm
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Table of Cool Comet Facts ... Naming comets ... Who is the ferret of comets?
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www.weatherfriend.com/astronomy/comet/cometfacts.html
www.weatherfriend.com/astronomy/comet/cometfacts.html
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