COMETS

Close up of comet

What is a comet made out of?

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• A comet is 1-10 kilometers in diameter
• They orbit around the sun
• It takes about 200 years to orbit

What is a comet?

What happens when comets get to close to the sun?

The comet hale bop is unique because it is the brightest comet ever seen from earth

Comet in the solar system

What do you see when a comet is close to the sun?

You see its tail.

Where is the Kuiper belt found?
On the outer edge.

FUN FACTS!

• The newest comet mission is Rosetta
• Comets are called dirty snowball
• People used to think comets were bad luck
• Comets formed 4.6 billion years ago
• Comets are only visible by the sun

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.livescience.com/34216-interesting-facts-about-comets.html
• https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.windows2universe.org%2Fcomet...
• http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.windows2universe.org%2Fcomets%...