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What is it about comets that are different from other bodies in the solar system?
Of all the significant bodies in the solar system, comets are the ones with -- the most eccentric elliptical orbits -- the orbits most inclined to the plane of the ecliptic -- the most volatile compositions
Are comets from other galaxies?
No, they are not. They come from regions of asteroids that exist within our own solar system. Long period comets, the ones that appear once in thousands of years, probably come from the Oort Cloud, a spherical cloud of small icy asteroids believed to exist at the farthest outer reaches of the solar system. Short period comets like Halley's probably come from the Kuiper Belt, a ring of asteroids just beyone Neptune's orbit. The minor planet Pluto is the most famous Kuiper object. Not all objects in the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt are comets; in fact most are not.
What are main bodies that make up the solar system?
There is only one main body of the Solar System - The Sun. +++ Although the Sun forms the Solar System's centre of mass and energy, a single body does not a system make. The main bodies are the Sun and the Planets - the minor ones are the Asteroids and the Comets.
How many comets are seen in the sky?
There have been 4,000 comets that have been discovered in the solar system as of 2010. The most famous comets that have names is Hale-Bopp, Swift-Tuttle, Hyakutake, Halley and Shoemaker -Levy 9.
How much stars are there in the solar system?
In the solar system, there is only one star. The sun. In the universe, there are infinite stars, as new ones are being created and destroyed. The sun is the only star in our solar system.
Is there any planet bigger than the moon?
all of the ones in our solar system are...
What number do you use within the solar system?
We use all the ones we know of.
Which planets have fastest orbital speed in our solar system?
The ones closest to the Sun.
What type of craters do comets have?
cool ones
How does a comet conect to the universe?
Like all visible matter, comets are 'just' part of the universe and do not directly 'connet' to it. Their most direct 'connection' is to their star. All comets orbit a star. But more specifically the ones we know about are a part of our solar system - that is, their orbits are controlled by their relationship with our Sun. Some of them never go past our solar system's 'outer limits' - what is known as the heliopause - others do, and travel in what is generally considered as interstellar space, but they are still gravitationally tied to the Sun. The greatest distance that Pluto goes from the Sun is less than 50 astronomical units (1 AU = the distance of the Earth from the Sun). Comet Hale-Bopp is believed to go as far as 370.8 AU - a truly staggering 55,000,000,000 kilometres from the Sun. It takes it 2533 years to complete 1 orbit, over 10 times the time it takes Pluto to complete an orbit.
Where are comets in the solar system?
From my understanding, comets like to hang out way way past Pluto. Kind of like the asteroid belt. Some comets have 100 - 10,000 year orbit around our sun. But as for your question that's where the majority of the comets are.The above answer is right, partly. Comets are found just outside of the orbit of Pluto, in the Kuiper Belt. Another place is where beyond the Kuiper Belt though is the Oort Cloud. Hundreds upon thousands of comets are found in the Oort Cloud, which surrounds the Sun and all of the planets.Comets originate in the Kuiper Belt.
Which is the planet is the largest?
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
