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'''Comets''' are | '''Comets''' are balls of ice, gas and dust in a strongly elliptical orbit with the Sun at one end. They are only visible when they are near the Sun but are much larger than they seem - the tail of some comets is over 1,000,000km long. | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*Halley's Comet | *Halley's Comet | ||
*Tago-Sato-Kosaka Comet | *Tago-Sato-Kosaka Comet | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 10 February 2012
Comets are balls of ice, gas and dust in a strongly elliptical orbit with the Sun at one end. They are only visible when they are near the Sun but are much larger than they seem - the tail of some comets is over 1,000,000km long.
Examples
- Halley's Comet
- Tago-Sato-Kosaka Comet