278E-292-Disintegrating Comet

Travelers In The Night

English - April 02, 2024 16:00 - 2 minutes - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
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Comets are made up of organic materials and ices of various substance which are left over from the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. When the gravity of a nearby star or other object changes one of these dirty snowball's orbit, its path can bring it into the inner solar system and thus near enough for the Sun to affect it and for us to study what is going on.