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Comets can be located anywhere, but the further you get away from the sun, the more common they are (they are made up of ice and cold rock).
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The area of the solar system in which comets are locates?
The Oort Cloud is the answer.
What is the area of the solar system were comets are located?
It is called "The Oort Cloud"
Where are Comets usually found?
Comets can be formed anywhere in space. They are mainly composed of ice and dust, which can be acquired from anywhere in space i.e pieces of chipped planets or random space particle. Hope this was helpful x]
Area of the solar system which comets are located?
Most of them are moving slowly out beyond the orbit of Neptune, in the kuiper belt. Longer term comets are thought to also be as far out as the Oort cloud.
Where in our solar system does Pluto live?
Pluto is a dwarf planet that can be found on the outermost area of our solar system, the farthest away from the Sun.
Where are comets and asteroids most likely to be found?
Comets are constantly entering and leaving the inner solar system. However, scientists have theorized that many comets are gathered in a wide area far beyond the planets of the solar system, in a location called the Oort Cloud (for Danish astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort). According to this theory, a huge spherical region surrounds the solar system at a distance of up to 1 light year (50,000 AU) from the Sun. Tiny gravitational effects of the Sun and planets (or even other stars) would pull comets from the region on an irregular but continual basis. Once comets passed the orbit of Neptune, some would be trapped by gravity and continue to orbit the Sun, with periods of from a few years to several hundred years, until they were either ejected, evaporated, or collided with a larger body. Cometary collisions are one possible source for the water on the early Earth.
Where can a comet be found?
a comet is relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit which can be found in space. Average people have been known to find comet's The Comet can be found in space. Almost anywhere in space if you look hard enough with a telescope.
Area of solar system in which comets are located?
comets are on the outside of the solor system but loop in from the sun I believe from astronimical studies in 8th grade, (which my annoying science teacher practically crammed down my throat for a couple of months) there is a large belt of comets just past Pluto.
Is the kuiper belt part of the solar system?
Yes, it is the region beyond Neptune that extends to the edge of the solar system. Like the asteroid belt, this area contains left over parts that did not make it when the solar system was created. Pluto, comets, and other small and tiny items are scattered out here.
What minor members of the solar system are thought to have formed beyond the orbit of Pluto?
The most important part of a solar system is the sun at the center of the system. The sun is the foundation that keeps the solar system from flying off in different directions out into space. But more importantly Gravity is what keeps the planets in place due to the size of our sun.
What do you call rocky bodies left over from the formation of the the solar system found in a belt between mars and Jupiter?
These area is called the asteroid belt.
Where do comets come from besides outer space?
Comets don't last forever; every time they approach the Sun, some of their volatile material boils off and forming the "tail" of the comet. And yet, the Sun and the solar system have been here for about 4.5 BILLION years. Any comet would have vaporized after only a few million years. So how come there are still comets? The Dutch astronomer Jan Oort hypothesized that there must be some reservoir of primordial planetary material from which new comets come. Astronomers have named this region the "Oort Cloud" in his honor. There must, he thought, be an area quite distant from the Sun, leftovers from the formation of our solar system, which drift in space and something will occasionally disturb this area, causing some items to fall into the inner solar system. We believe that this area is from 20,000 AU to 50,000 AU, or from about 1/4 to one light-year away. We have never detected anything out there, but we've never sent any probes out that far and the objects would be too dim and dark to see even with the most powerful telescopes.
