Only one cometary collision was observed - Shoemaker-Levi-9 impact on Jupiter in 1995.
Comet West was remarkable in its brightness and tail formation, providing astronomers with valuable data to study the composition and behavior of comets. It helped to confirm that comets are made of ice and dust, and its disintegration provided insights into the dynamics of comets in the solar system. Overall, Comet West contributed to advancing our understanding of comets' role in the formation and evolution of the solar system.
Short answer we don't know. But there are several theories, the best among them is that massive impacts or near misses during the formation of our solar system pushed the planets into the current orbits and rotations.
All the planets in our solar system orbit around the Sun in the same direction.However, there are two planets that rotate on their axis "backwards" compared with the others. They are Uranus and Venus.
No, the big dipper (or Ursa Major) is not in the area of the sky that the planets move through. All of the planets, sun and moon are more or less on the same plane, so they all move in the same east/west line across the sky. Ursa Major is more to the north.
Comet West is named after its discoverer, Richard M. West, who observed the comet in 1975.
Comet West was remarkable in its brightness and tail formation, providing astronomers with valuable data to study the composition and behavior of comets. It helped to confirm that comets are made of ice and dust, and its disintegration provided insights into the dynamics of comets in the solar system. Overall, Comet West contributed to advancing our understanding of comets' role in the formation and evolution of the solar system.
Venus and Uranus are the two planets in our solar system that rotate from east to west, which is known as retrograde rotation. Most planets, including Earth, rotate from west to east.
Short answer we don't know. But there are several theories, the best among them is that massive impacts or near misses during the formation of our solar system pushed the planets into the current orbits and rotations.
Yes all the planets in our Solar System orbit the sun with the same direction of revolution. In space, there is no west or east. There is wide agreement that all the planets formed from a relatively flat disc of revolving matter with the Sun at its center.
no comet west is not a real comet
All the planets in our solar system orbit around the Sun in the same direction.However, there are two planets that rotate on their axis "backwards" compared with the others. They are Uranus and Venus.
Venus & Uranus rotate in what is called retrograde motion. Retrograde motion is from east to west. All of the other planets including earth rotate from west to east.
No, the big dipper (or Ursa Major) is not in the area of the sky that the planets move through. All of the planets, sun and moon are more or less on the same plane, so they all move in the same east/west line across the sky. Ursa Major is more to the north.
Venus rotates on its axis in the opposite direction to most other planets in our solar system, a phenomenon known as retrograde rotation. This means that Venus rotates from east to west, whereas Earth and most other planets rotate from west to east.
Comet West is named after its discoverer, Richard M. West, who observed the comet in 1975.
There is no real density of Comet West.
Comet West was created in 1975.