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What can a comet do?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Comets are basically huge, dirty snowballs that circle the sun in irregular, elliptical orbits. Some comets have fairly regular patterns of orbit such as Haley's. If a comet bisects the orbit of a planet or other solar body, it can cause massive damage. Remember, it was the Hale-Bopp comet that struck Jupiter fairly recently, and that punched holes in Jupiter's atmosphere that remained visible for weeks.

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16y ago

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