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Comets do disintegrate, but most very slowly because they spend little of their total orbital time sprouting tails in the inner solar system. The rest of the time they are far from the Sun and their volatile gases are frozen rock hard. Some comets follow hyperbolic paths that take them close to the Sun just once before they plummet back into the outer solar system for thousands of years. Others maintain their stable orbits for dozens of perihelions before being melted away or hitting a planet (as Shoemaker-Levy did at Jupiter).
Other than from the gravity of the major planets and the Sun, comets experience no great loss or gain of orbital speed, and there is no friction in space.
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How did Richard Husband die?
He died when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Which type of space object is borrelly most likely to be?
they are usually likely to be comets
Why does an object move faster on a straight path than a curved path?
With a curved path you have to slow down to curve as with a straight path you dont have to slow down you can do as fast as you need to go to get threw it.
What did Sir Isaac Newton discover about comets?
he discovered universal gravitation and the three laws of motion. he also built the first practical refracting telescope. he discovered how gravity caused the planets to move the way they do.cj
What do you call the course or path that an object is moving?
Physicists usually just say "path".
Which planet is Icy remains of disintegrated comets?
you might be talking about Pluto, but its not considered a planet anymore.
What stops a comet in a comets path?
chiken tenders
What does a comet do in space?
Comets in space have an orbit path.
How does the sun effect the path of comets?
it doesnt effect them
What path do comets usually take?
meteors are big cunks of rock so i dont think they take a path they just go where evere they go
How do comets come toward earth?
Comets come toward earth during their orbits. They are drawn toward the sun by gravity and sometimes cross earth's orbital path in the process.
Why have comets happened?
Comets are solid pieces of rock that are in long elliptical orbit around the sun. They occur because pieces of other space objects (asteroids, moons, planets, etc.) were knocked off into this path, and the path just happens to come close to the Earth.
Do comets revolve around the earth?
No. Some comets periodically pass by the Earth, such as Halley's comet, but the Sun primarily creates the path they follow. Saturn's moon, Phoebe, may have originated as a comet.
Why does a comets path curve around a large object like the sun?
gravity pulls it towards the large object
What is another word for disintegranted?
if you mean disintegrated, another word of disintegrated is 'decomposed'.
What is the general path of comets?
Comets generally follow an elliptical path around the Sun, taking them from the outer edges of the solar system to close approaches to the Sun. As a comet gets closer to the Sun, the heat causes it to release gas and dust, forming a glowing coma and sometimes a tail that points away from the Sun due to solar wind. After their close approach, comets move back towards the outer solar system.
How do you spell 'disintegrated'?
The correct spelling is, indeed, "disintegrated."
