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COMETS
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WHAT ARE COMETS
A COMET IS A BALL OF MOSTLY ICE FLYING THROUGH SPACE
HOW BIG ARE COMETS
COMETS ARE USUALLY 750 METERS (2,460 FEET) OR LESS TO ABOUT 20 KILOMETERS (12 MILES
HOW FAR AWAY ARE COMETS FORM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
COMETS ARE IN OUR SOLER SYSTEM BUT THEY ARE CLOSE TO THE SUN
WHAT ARE COMETS MADE OF
COMETS ARE MADE OF ICE, DUST, AND ROCKY PARTICLES
FACTS
- A comet has four Parts to it, a nucleus, a coma, a dust tail, and a ion tail
- There are 3,000 know comets
- Comets get a halo ring when they are close to the sun
- Comets are sometimes called dirty snowballs or cosmic snowballs
THANKS TO ALL THESE SITE’S FOR THIS INFORMATION
- “Fun Comet Facts for Kids - Halley's Comet, Shoemaker-Levy 9, Interesting Info.” Science Kids - Fun Science & Technology for Kids!, www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/comets.html.
- “Comet Facts: Interesting Facts about Comets.” The Planets, theplanets.org/comets/.
- McRae, Mike. “We Finally Have Data on Which Nearby Stars Could Send Comets Crashing Into Earth.” ScienceAlert, www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-estimated-how-nearby-stars-might-knock-com....
- “Overview.” NASA, NASA, solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview/?page=0&a....
