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Spherical region of comets surronding the solar system-what is it called?
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The outer Oort cloud. (The inner Oort cloud is believed to be disk-shaped.)
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What type of celestial body is called a dirty snowball?
Comets.
Which of these always contains ice meteors asteroids or comets?
Comets
When did Houston Comets end?
Houston Comets ended in 2008.
When was Houston Comets created?
Houston Comets was created in 1997.
What did people think of comets in the 1800's?
Comets have been in space since the start of time. In the 1800's there were many people who knew comets where a space phenomena, there were people who thought it was a message from the gods. What people thought of the comets depended on their cultural beliefs.
What object is least likely to have a spherical shape?
Mercury has about the most perfectly spherical shape, but Saturn has the leastspherical shape (next least spherical is Jupiter).
What is the spherical region that surrounds the solar system and extends almost halfway to the nearest star?
The Oort Cloud of comets.
What are the solar systems comets called?
.... errr - well comets.
Why is the earth spherical in shape while most asteroids and comets are not?
Earth is much more massive than asteroids and comets, and thefore has much stronger gravity, which pulls it into a spherical shape. Most asteroids and comets do not have strong enough gravity to do this.
What are comets sometimes called?
snowballs
Comets that appear within every 200 years are called comets?
long period comet
What are the comets called that orbit the sun every 200 years or less?
short period comets
What are comets called and why?
Comets are called this because of the ice and dust inside the nucleus. Now go look up everything else on your own.
What are comets often called?
Dirty snowballs
What do you call a comets tail?
Its called FRICTION
What are the object with huge tails that orbit the sun called?
They are called comets.
Do comets and asteroids both develop glowing tails near the sun?
no, only comets develop glowing tails.Fun Fact:some scientists called comets "dirty snowballs"
