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In 1966 a comet on april 25 pass'ed over my head, going to us as 35 mph approx, I told the hayden planetium and he thought i was nut, till his freind remind'ed him the next day he would'nt shut up, you can get a copy at the 42 nd street library mjcrow film, to us it was the size of a volks wagon ,but they it was the size of a foot ball,Im sorry the paper's said it was gowing 35 m.p.s , hell no i have a peace in my head , like a peace of sand, if you seen andromiter strain # 2 the sattelite was going 35 m.p.s.,In space there is no such thing as a strait line , halley's go's out 27 and a half years then it makes a u-turn, then 27 /1/2/ years to come bsck 75 years I just hope the asteriods dont follow that rout

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depends. Comets vary from the size of a small pebble to size of the earth. the moon is an asteroid that got stuck on orbit around earth

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depends on the size of the comet

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Q: What is the size of a comet compared to the size of the earth?
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