Comets
Comets are small solar system bodies that orbit around the Sun. They have a tail (trail of light) when traveling in space.
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PigLover21Comets have an elliptical orbit.
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Yes. Every periodic meteor shower happens when the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet, usually an extinct one. But also...
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Aside from the regular short-period and dim comets, not noticed by the average person (such as Comet Encke or Comet Tuttle 1) the...
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About a trillion.
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The Hale-Bopp comet is now beyond the orbit of Uranus but is expected to still be visible by large telescopes until about 2020....
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No, you will only get one chance of catching it. I suggest you to save the game before you fight Kyogre, so that you can restart...
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A comet is a frozen mass of ice, gas, and dust that travels around the sun. An asteroid is mostly rock but may have interior...
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The nucleus of a comet is made of frozen water and gases mixed with dust and rocky material.
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Edmund Halley. He even had a comet named after him, the Halley Comet.
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Many astronomers think comets date from the founding of the Solar System. They contain the same elements in the same percentages...
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They appear real rare.
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Probably for a long long time, as Inky has yet to be named as a comet, but if you're lucky and spot a new comet, you are at...
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depends on its mass and speed
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Comets are also known as "dirty snowballs," small bodies of ice that are leftovers from the formation of the Solar System about...
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Halley's comet occurs ever 75->76 years. It last was seen from Earth in 1986 so astronomers predict that it will be seen again...
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The next predicted perihelion of Halley's Comet is July 28, 2061. in about the year 2062 2061. The comet cycle is 75-76 years...
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Halley's comet last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986 and will next appear to the naked eye in late 2060, with an...
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Not much different. Stony metorites contain the same minerals as continental crust. Iron-nickel meteorites, such as the one that...
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Halley's comet takes 76 years to orbit the Sun, so it is in the neighbourhood of Earth for about a year or so. However, the comet...
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Halley's comet got its name from Sir Edmund Halley who, using Newton's laws of motion, predicted that the comet seen in 1531,...
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On the 2nd planet before the Boss Battle, by the launch star, you'll need to get it via the grey moving platform.Hope this helps.
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Comets orbit the Sun just like any of the planets or asteroids, but commonly they have a more eliptical orbit and therefore...
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Comets are usually made primarily from ice, along with dust, rocks, and frozen gases. Essentially anything that might be found...
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Every 75 -76 years, so it will reappear sometime between 2061- 2062
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no it does not have an atmosphere its a comet
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They are made of particles and are in the solar system.
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Comets are usually made of high amounts of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Water, and also may contain Silica, traces of metal, and oxygen,...
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Revolve about the sun. I think
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halley's comet is visible every 76 years. it will be next visible in 2060.
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Haley's comet is a comet that passes around every 76 years, it was last seen in 1986 and will next be seen in 2061. It is the...
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Halley's comet passes near the Earth every 75-76 years. It then passes very close to the Sun then far out past Pluto's orbit,...
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There are records of Halley's Comet that appear at least as far back as 240 B.C. This comet was the first to have its return...
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July 19,1994.
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Halley's comet was last seen in the year 1986. It is seen after every 75 -> 76 years. It will next be visible in the year...
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Edmond Halley was the first to predict the Comet's return, as such it was named after him.
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A comet's tail points away from the sun. Sometimes the dust and gas separate, though, because they are driven by two different...
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Comets are small celestial bodies (measuring from a few kilometers to tens of kilometers) that orbit the Sun. They are made up of...
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The Halley comet is visible every 76 years.Halley's Comet
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The Related Link may give you some information on this although it would vary according to the time and location.
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Asteroids that pass near Earth, even as close as the Moon, do not have any great effect. Their gravity is too weak to cause...
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meteors are big cunks of rock so i dont think they take a path they just go where evere they go
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No one knows. Comets are hard to see coming. They aren't visible until they come in past the orbits of the outer planets. We...
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We're not even certain that OUR star has an Oort cloud. The hypothetical Oort Cloud is too far away, and is composed of bodies...
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One recent hypothesis is that after the earth cooled enough for water to stay liquid, comet impacts provided all of earth's...
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Edmund Halley was one of the earliest astronomers to recognize that comets - some comets, at least - are periodic, and return to...
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It has to do with the formation of the solar system. Since all of the matter that condensed into what makes the solar system...
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it could be referred to as an "E.L.E" or an extinction level event. all life including bacteria and everything on earth and all...
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It has been calculated that a 1 km object impact is sufficient to end civilization as we know it, and that a 10 km object (the...
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Halley's comet is visible from Earth every 76 years.
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False.
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One reason is because comets are thought to be made of the very materials from which the other objects in the solar system...
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No, it's not a planet. It is a star. The Sun is a medium-sized yellow star, one of the most common types of star in the universe.
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The last comet was seen in 1995.Name of the comet is Hale Bopp.
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Halleys, Hale-Bopp, Hyakutake, McNaught and Shoemaker-Levy
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Usually, the center of a comet is composed of ices and meteoric materials. These ices are sublimated (transformation of solid...
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A comet's tail is pushed away from the comet by solar wind. if the comet is moving away from the sun, the tail will be pushed...
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yes sometimes
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Briela's comet appears after 6.6 years. Its correct name is biela's comet. Di vico is not comet. Halley appears after 76 years....
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Comets have been seen by earth's people since the beginning of time so no known individual person is credited with their...
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Almost at every single moment one can find a comet, most are too faint to be seen with the naked eye
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AnswerAn asteroid is made out of metal and a comet is made out of ice.
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A comet has a long tail (hence the name comet meaning long-haired star) while a meteor is only a beam of light.
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halleyscomet passed over in 1985
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A comet has a bright white dust trail behind it, a meteor does not.
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As a comet approaches the sun a coma or tail forms from gases and dust released from the comet as it thaws in the warming...
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Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain
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76 years is how long Halley's Comet takes to swing round the Sun. Halley's Comet orbits the sun in an elliptical path, meaning...
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The 3 main parts of a comet are the Nucleus, Coma, and the tail. The Nucleus is the head of the comet, the Coma is the middle...
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From my understanding, comets like to hang out way way past Pluto. Kind of like the asteroid belt. Some comets have 100 - 10,000...
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Comets and stars are two entirely different bits of sky phenomena, but they "travel" for exactly the same reasons. Their apparent...
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Orbit is the path of a comet
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Kuiper beltthats all i know
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It doesn't take "frequent" occurrences of a comet impact with earth. One is enough to do it. If a comet were to enter the...
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That, my friend, is called a constellation. Hope that was helpful!
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A comet is comprised mostly of ice. The tail of the comet is caused by cosmic winds, from our sun, blasting particles off the...
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Halley's Comet has an average 76-year orbit. It's last visit was in 1986 and it's next scheduled visit is in 2062.
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The tail of a comet may be over 100 million miles long.
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It's atmosphere is similar like ours on earth
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If you were born after 1995, there is a very good chance that you will see Halley's comet when it returns in 2061 or thereabouts.
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yes a comet has exactly 124 rings and 2 moons.
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they are bunch of stupid rock of ice and matter thats what i know u people
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It will eventually dissipate. Comets lose some of their mass every time they get near the sun. The more volatile components...
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AnswerA comet's tail lengthens as it approaches the sun due to greater solar winds. A comets tail always faces away from the sun.
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they belived that comets are small and big
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Most likely Hailey's comet in 1986, and comet Hale-Bopp in 1995, but I'm not sure if that's certain.
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