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No. They form in the outer solar system where it is cold enough.
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Where is comets mostly found?
In the outer realms of the solar system.
Are comets close to the inner or outer part of the solar system?
I scientifically believe that comets are closer to the outer part of the solar system.
When are comets tails present?
When they reach the inner solar system.
What is the typical size of comets that enter the inner solar system?
Occasionally they enter the realm of the inner solar system and become visible .five kilometers is a typical size -- but some are much larger.
Are comets older than our solar system?
No. Most comets are about the same age as the solar system as they formed with it.
What does Jupiter clean up or attract?
Large planetesimals from the outer solar system when they are on a trajectory that leads them to the inner solar system. This keeps large enough asteroids and comets from coming into the inner solar system. This was made very aparent during the comet that crashed into Jupiter in the 90's.
How did ice form in space?
Just got this from the internet. Comets are usually in the outermost regions of the Solar system (the Oort cloud), where it is extremely cold. Water ice can survive billions of years in the Oort cloud. However, the comets we observe -- those that come into the inner Solar system --- do lose a lot of volatiles. This is a part of the process that creates the tails, the signature we associate with comets. Comets that are trapped in the inner Solar system will soon (astronomically speaking) exhaust all their volatiles and become extinct (i.e., rocks with no cometary activities).
Which comets have visited our solar system?
All the comets that have been seen in history were in the solar system and most still are.
What is the origin of some comets?
The comets that orbit the sun in elongated ellipses are thrown into the inner Solar System and the Sun by gravitational changes of the Kuipler Belt planets from the Oort Cloud, consisting of debris left of from a solar nebula.
Who let comets into the solar system?
Nobody let them in. They formed with the solar system.
Is there any form of water on comets?
Comets contain various types of ice (water and also other frozen liquids or gases) which sublime to vapor when the comet approaches the inner solar system.
Are there currently any visible comets in your solar system?
There are no visible comets at this time.
