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    Comets are icy bodies that orbit the sun. While most remain far from the sun, some travel close enough that the sun's heat causes them to grow large dust and gas tails by melting their icy nuclei. When near the sun, comets develop a coma, or atmosphere, and sometimes a tail due to the effects of solar radiation on their nucleus.

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    Comets are icy bodies that orbit the sun. While most remain far from the sun, some travel close enough that the sun's heat causes them to grow large dust and gas tails by melting their icy nuclei. When near the sun, comets develop a coma, or atmosphere, and sometimes a tail due to the effects of solar radiation on their nucleus.

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    Comets are icy bodies that orbit the sun. While most remain far from the sun, some travel close enough that the sun's heat causes them to grow large dust and gas tails by melting their icy nuclei. When near the sun, comets develop a coma, or atmosphere, and sometimes a tail due to the effects of solar radiation on their nucleus.

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    Comet

     Comets are rather like huge dirty snowballs.


     Most stay out on the edge of the solar system
     A few travel close to the Sun.
     These comets grow gas and dust tails, millions of kilometres long, when the Sun’s heat
    starts to melt them.
     A small solar system body bigger than a meteoroid.
     When close enough to the Sun, exhibits a visible coma, and sometimes a tail, both
    because of the effects of solar radiation upon the comet’s nucleus.

    PARTS OF A COMET:
     Nucleus
     Coma
     Tail

    Periodic Comets- usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the
    vicinity of the Sun after a number of decades.

    Non-periodic Comets- are only seen once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits
    that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever.

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