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What makes comet to fall on earth?
earth's gravity
Dose a meteor or comet fall quickly fall to earth?
Comets, while visible in the sky, do not normally fall to Earth. Meteors do fall towards Earth very quickly.
How can differentiate a meteor from a comet when viewed from Earth?
comet moves slowly and appears in the sky for a longer time. meteor moves swifty and seems to fall on the ground.
Why don't the rocks from tail of a connet fall on the earth?
Sometimes they do; that's what a "meteor shower" is. The point is that all of the rocks and dust given off by a comet, and the head of the comet too, travel the way gravity and the light pressure of the Sun force them to. The head of the comet is freely falling towards the Sun. (if a comet gets close enough to a planet, the gravity of the planet becomes significant, and sometimes the comet will collide with the planet; look at Shoemaker-Levy 9, which hit Jupiter in 1994.) As the heat of the Sun begins to melt the ices of the comet, gas and dust escape from the comet. Because the gas molecules and dust particles are very light, the pressure of the Sun's light pushes them away from the comet; this forms the "tail" of the comet. Over the course of thousands of orbits, the gas and dust spreads out to fill in much of the orbit of the comet. Where the Earth's orbit intersects the comet's orbit, we see annual meteor showers.
Why might comets destroy us?
If a comet hit the Earth hard enough and went through the core, the whole Earth could fall apart.
Which is the largest the earth the sun or the a comet?
The sun is the largest out of the three and then the earth and then a comet.
What comet visited earth in 1986?
comet sandy
What is the name of the comet that will pass earth in August 15 2011?
The name of the comet that will pass Earth on August 15, 2011, is the comet Honda.
When will the comet will hit the earth again?
We don't currently know when a comet will hit planet Earth.
What is a comet's relationship with Earth's moon?
There is no relationship whatsoever between Earth's moon and any comet.
Will a comet come in 2012?
No, a comet will NOT hit earth in 2012.
What has a bigger impact on the earth a comet or a shooting star?
a comet
