sun grazer is the name of a comet that crashes into the sun
Yes, some comets have been observed to orbit Jupiter. These comets can either be captured by Jupiter's gravity and become temporary moons, or have their orbits altered by Jupiter's gravitational pull.
The name Jupiter means the supreme god. Jupiter is of Latin origin.
The name Jupiter comes from Roman mythology, where Jupiter was the king of the gods and the god of the sky and thunder. The name likely has its roots in the Latin word "Iuppiter," which combines "Iuppiter" (Jupiter) and "pater" (father).
The Latin name for Zeus is "Jupiter."
The Greek name for comets is "αστέρια του θεού" (astéria tou theoú), which translates to "stars of the gods."
Yes, some comets have been observed to orbit Jupiter. These comets can either be captured by Jupiter's gravity and become temporary moons, or have their orbits altered by Jupiter's gravitational pull.
nothing would happen because comets hit Jupiter when it is hot and it does not burn up it. if Jupiter was a a bit bigger it would start to glow.
The comets orbiting Jupitor in the Kuiper Belt are controlled by Jupiters gravity pull. It was thought that Jupitor would keep Earth safe from these many massive comets but it is now known that Jupitor does not always cross the path of them and they get out of the orbit as was the case with Showemaker Levy-9.
Comets do not collide with Jupiter due to its strong magnetic field. Instead, Jupiter's gravitational pull is typically what causes comets to collide with the planet. Jupiter's magnetic field is indeed strong, but it does not directly attract comets to collide with it.
No. Comets orbit the sun. Many asteroids orbit the sun in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Shoemaker-Levy9 crashed in to Jupiter in 1994.
yes
comets have slammed into jupiter...one severely did in 2009
no, because the planet is a super thick atmosphere
It is possible for comets and asteroids to hit Earth, but they are extremely rare events.
rock around the clock
The Minor Planet center has cataloged 279,722 minor planets which are asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets. Considering asteroids and comets are in some ways related bodies in the fact that they do not have hydrostatic equilibrium; we only have to subtract the four dwarf planets leaving us with 279,718 asteroids and comets discovered so far.