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What is the shape of all the orbits of comets?
Comets travel in highly elliptical orbits. See link for more.
Why is the solar system useful?
so we know where the planets, moons, asteroids meteorites, comets, and other objects are situated. This will give a direction and information about traveling in our solar system and the time it takes to travel there.
What do comets travel in?
elongated elliptical orbits around the sun
What other bodys travel around the sun but are not considered planets?
Asteroids, and comets.
Does comet and asteroid travel around the sun?
ASTEROIDS TRAVEL AROUND THE SUN IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION JUST LIKE THE PLANETS. Comets differ in their orbits.Most of them have orbits so large and elongated that it takes thousands of years for them to come near the sun.
What are solid bits of debris that travel through the solar system?
Meteoroids, asteroids and comets.
In what region are most comets at?
We generally believe that comets with orbits of 200 years or less, traveling in the ecliptic plane, come from the Kuiper Belt. Those comets with longer orbits, or that travel at angles to the ecliptic plane, come from the Oort Cloud.
Where are comets found in solar system?
It has been suggested that comets originate in the Oort cloud and then travel in long elliptical orbits around the Sun.
What do asteroids meteors meteoroids meteorites all have in common?
Both meteoroid's and comets are made out of rock and burn up when getting into earths atmosphere.
Does a comet go around the sun?
Most comets travel around the Sun in elliptical paths. The time it takes a comet to make a complete orbit is called its period. Some comets have short periods of less than seven years. Others travel in such huge orbits that they pass near the Sun only once in thousands or even millions of years. As of 1995, 878 comets have been catalogued and their orbits at least roughly calculated. Of these 184 are periodic comets (orbital periods less than 200 years); some of the remainder are no doubt periodic as well, but their orbits have not been determined with sufficient accuracy to tell for sure. No comets seem to have approached the Sun from beyond the limits of the solar system. Therefore, all comets seen by astronomers are considered part of the solar system.
Do comets travel in orbits with a shape similar to the planets?
No. The planets in the Solar System all have almost circular orbits, but the orbits of comets are highly eccentric (oval-shaped). This means that while the distance a planet is from the Sun is rather constant, the path of a comet means it comes close to the Sun, and then moves far away.
What are the differences between comets asteroids and meteorites?
Meteorites are chunks of space rock that fell on earth. They are pieces of rock that can be found on the Earth surface but come from outer space. Asteroids are rocks that travel thru open space, meaning they are pieces of other planets or just boulders flying around in space. If an asteroid (small one) hits earth and is then found by someone then it is an meteorite. A comet is a boulder made of mostly ice that travels thru space at hi speeds and has a defined hyperbola around a star. So Rocks form space on earth are meteorites rocks in space flying around are asteroids and ice traveling realy fast (as a boulder) around a star is a comet.
