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Mostly comets follow elliptical orbits just like the planets, except more elongated (eccentricity higher). A few comets that come from deep space are on hyperbolic orbits and are very fast-moving, they visit once and never come back because they have enough kinetic energy to escape again.
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What is the shape of all the orbits of comets?
Comets travel in highly elliptical orbits. See link for more.
Most meteor showers are associated with the orbits of?
Comets
What members of the solar system have very eccentric orbits?
Comets. Periodic comets have highly eccentric elliptical orbits, with eccentricities.
How do the orbits of comets differ from the orbits of most asteroids?
Comets are balls of ice and dust in orbit around the Sun. The orbits of comets are different from those of planets - they are elliptical. A comet's orbit takes it very close to the Sun and then far away again.
Do meteorites asteroids and comets travel in their own orbits?
no.....
Where do Comets with extremely elliptical orbits like comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp come from?
The Oort Cloud
Planet 's orbits are nearly circular .what shape is a comet's?
All orbits are geodesic curves. Comets tend to have elliptical orbits ... as do planets, really; the degree of eccentricity (this is a measure of how "stretched" the ellipse is) just tends to be higher for comets.
In what region are most comets at?
We generally believe that comets with orbits of 200 years or less, traveling in the ecliptic plane, come from the Kuiper Belt. Those comets with longer orbits, or that travel at angles to the ecliptic plane, come from the Oort Cloud.
What do comets travel in?
elongated elliptical orbits around the sun
Which have the most elliptical and tilted orbits?
Oort cloud comets
Are comets in circular or elliptical orbits?
Comets do indeed have orbits. Sometimes the orbits take thousands of years. For the most part, they stay in these orbits unless affected by the gravity of another body.
Do comets orbit the sun in irregular paths?
Comets go around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
