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Are asteroids cooler than comets

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

In terms of "cool" (as in "awesome"), this question is entirely opinion. I think most people would consider comets more awesome than asteroids because comets are sometimes visible from earth.

In terms of temperature, comets are made mostly of rock and ice. However, when their orbits are close to the sun, they can heat up and burn off some of the ice, forming the comet's tail. This means that a comet's temperature can vary depending on where it is in its orbit. On the other hand, asteroids in the asteroid belt have fairly regular orbits, which means that their temperature is fairly constant: cold.

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