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What type of comet completes its orbit is less than 1oo years old?
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The amount of time it takes for a comet to complete its orbit?
33 years.
How long is comet shoemaker levy 9's orbit period?
That's known as the comet's orbit. Each comet is different - some only taking a few years to complete an orbit, while others can take hundreds of years. The most famous 'Halley's comet' orbits once every 76 years.
Does a comet orbit anything?
Yes, comets orbit the sun, but usually in an eliptical (oval) or eccentric orbit rather than a more-or-less circular one like the planets.
What is the distance of the long period comets?
That all depends on the comet Halley's takes about 76 years where as Hale Bopp takes about 2300 years. Its the same principle with the planets the closer the orbit the faster it goes. Some Comets like Hale Bopp come from the Oort cloud about a light year away that is why it takes so long, where as Halley's goes out round Pluto and back again.
How long does it take Neptune to complete its orbit?
Neptune has completed MANY orbits around the Sun since its formation. However, an interesting note is that since its "discovery" in September of 1846, it has not yet completed one orbit, which takes 164.8 Earth years. This will occur in June, 2011.
The amount of time it takes for a comet to complete its orbit?
33 years.
How long is comet shoemaker levy 9's orbit period?
That's known as the comet's orbit. Each comet is different - some only taking a few years to complete an orbit, while others can take hundreds of years. The most famous 'Halley's comet' orbits once every 76 years.
Does a comet orbit anything?
Yes, comets orbit the sun, but usually in an eliptical (oval) or eccentric orbit rather than a more-or-less circular one like the planets.
Where can the largest comet be found?
The problem with answering this question is that two of the words used are somewhat vague: what do you mean by 'comet' and what do you mean by 'biggest'?Hale-Bopp has the largest known nucleus of any comet that is clearly and unambiguously a comet.However, 2060 Chiron, also known as 95P/Chiron, is larger than Hale-Bopp and exhibits some comet-like behavior (that's why the two names; the first is a minor planet name, the second is a comet name); it's possible that it could become a short-period comet eventually (within a million years or so).Hale-Bopp has a highly eccentric 2500-year orbit; it's currently somewhere outside the orbit of Neptune and headed outward, which will continue to be the case for the next 1200 years or so.Chiron's 50-year orbit is far less eccentric, but still pretty eccentric; it ranges between roughly the orbits of Saturn and Uranus.
How long does Halley's comet go by seconds?
It is difficult to pin down a comet's orbit all that precisely; we have a difficult enough time predicting the MONTH, much less the second. There are many small and unseen objects in the outer solar system that can perturb the orbit of a comet and cause it to be either early or late returning to the Sun. Halley's Comet has a period of about 76 years, and should be visible in 2061. But there is a (very tiny) chance that it will hit something in the darkness of space far beyond Pluto and never be seen again. Who knows? Perhaps by that time, we'll be able to catch it and put it in the Smithsonian.
What is the original meaning of planet?
A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system., A star, as influencing the fate of a men.
Why does the short period comet revolves around the sun in more than 200 years while the long period comet revolves around the sun for thousands of millions?
Not more than 200 years - less than 200 years. As to the "why", that's because this is how "short-period" vs. "long-period" is defined. Any comet that takes less than 200 years for one revolution is defined as short-period.
What is a halley's comet orbit like?
All orbits are ellipses. Some orbits, like the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, are almost (but not quite) circular. Other objects, like the Moon or Mars, have orbits that are more distinctly oval shaped.Comets have elliptical orbits with very high eccentricity; they are stretched so that they come quite close to the Sun, but still go dozens or hundreds of AU away. Some comets are less severely eccentric. Halley's Comet, for example, only goes out to about 30AU with a period of 76 years, while Comet Hale-Bopp has a period of closer to 2200 years.
What is the distance of the long period comets?
That all depends on the comet Halley's takes about 76 years where as Hale Bopp takes about 2300 years. Its the same principle with the planets the closer the orbit the faster it goes. Some Comets like Hale Bopp come from the Oort cloud about a light year away that is why it takes so long, where as Halley's goes out round Pluto and back again.
What planets' years are less than a earth's day?
There are no solar planets that orbit the Sun in less than 24 hours. The closest, Mercury, takes about 88 days to orbit the Sun.
How long does it take Neptune to complete its orbit?
Neptune has completed MANY orbits around the Sun since its formation. However, an interesting note is that since its "discovery" in September of 1846, it has not yet completed one orbit, which takes 164.8 Earth years. This will occur in June, 2011.
Does a comet go around the sun?
Most comets travel around the Sun in elliptical paths. The time it takes a comet to make a complete orbit is called its period. Some comets have short periods of less than seven years. Others travel in such huge orbits that they pass near the Sun only once in thousands or even millions of years. As of 1995, 878 comets have been catalogued and their orbits at least roughly calculated. Of these 184 are periodic comets (orbital periods less than 200 years); some of the remainder are no doubt periodic as well, but their orbits have not been determined with sufficient accuracy to tell for sure. No comets seem to have approached the Sun from beyond the limits of the solar system. Therefore, all comets seen by astronomers are considered part of the solar system.
