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Well, here's the thing: comets have crazy, irregular orbits. Because of this, they're likely relics leftover from when the solar system formed. So they probably haven't changed much in the last 4 billion years or so. If we anayze what they're made of, it can give us a clue to the composition of matter back when the solar system first formed, which can give us clues about how things have changed since then, and how they might change again.
What else can I help you with?
When is the next halleys comment due to pass the earth?
We expect the only Halley's Comet there is to return to the inner solar system in 2061. That means it'll get close enough to the sun so that we can see it, but we can't tell yet exactly how close to earth it's likely to get.
What does the age of the lunar rocks tell us about our solar system?
They tell us the age of the moon, which indicates when the Solar System itself was being formed.
What does the age of the rocks tell us about your solar systems?
How the solar system made
What does the solar system do to tell time?
The Solar System doesn't tell time; we tell time, based on the movement of objects in the sky. Basically the time is based on the position of the Sun in the sky.
What does this tell you about the 'emptiness' of the Solar System?
That depends on what you mean by "this".
If halley comet came 2000 when will it come again?
I thought Halleys comet was every 78 years, hang on, I'd better check, I remember NOT seeing it last time it came around & I thought that was in 1988 ! I was close ! 75 to 76 years is the return, so it was say 1976 when I saw it (Not)+75 years, you got to wait until 2061 or so, I wont be around to tell you to look up !
What direction does the tail of a comet point in relation to the sun?
Away from the sunThe Tail of a Comet always points Away from the Sun.
What do observations of stellar explosions and nebulae tell us?
it is how the solar system started
How is your solar system part of the Milky Way?
This question is not quite answerable, although I can tell you that our solar system is on one of the outer rings of the milky way. There is no way to determine how our solar system ended up in the milky way, it just wound up there!
Why does a comet spend little time in the inner solar system?
A comet's orbit is very elliptical -- it is a very elongated oval. The sun is at one focus of the ellipse, and typically the other focus is somewhere beyond the orbit of Pluto, in the Oort Cloud. Kepler's Laws tell us that a body orbiting the sun will move more quickly when it is closest to the sun, in this case when it is in the inner system. So a comet will move very slowly at the outer end of its orbit, speeding up as it falls towards the Sun, whip through the inner system at a great speed as it rounds the sun, and then slow down as it heads back out to the cold. Because the orbit is so very eccentric, it takes far longer to travel through the far end of it than through the inner system; a typical case would be a comet with a 70-year period that spends only a week in the inner system each orbit.
How do scientists know which objects are in the solar system and which are not?
The best way to tell the difference is by tracking the object. If the object seems to move in an orbit around the Sun, then it is in the solar system. If not, it is outside it.
Is there a possibility that our solar system would collapse?
yes, according to many scientists the solar system will become inbalanced and collapse in a few million years(only time will tell)
