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An icy object moving through space in a highly eccentric orbit is called?
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∙ 11y ago
That description could fit any number of bodies in the solar system, but generally "asteroid" might be closest. Other more distant objects such as comets or Kuiper Belt Objects would tend to be more icy than rocky.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoComets are icy/rocky objects that orbit our Sun.
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∙ 13y agoThey could be the kuiper belt. Pluto orbits with them.
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∙ 13y agoThere is no "icy lump" orbiting the sun.
Comets are kind of icy bodies, if that's what you mean. There are many of them.
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∙ 14y agoBoth comets and Kuiper Belt Objects would fit that description.
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∙ 11y agoYou are probably thinking of "comet", but "asteroid" could fit this description as well. So would "Kuiper belt object".
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∙ 14y agothe answer is comet
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∙ 8y agocomets
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∙ 11y agoA comet.
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∙ 8y agoAsteroid
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comet
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