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Dr. Fred Whipple came up with the idea that comets are "dirty snowballs"; primarily ice and frozen gasses, holding a large quantity of dust, pebbles and rocks.

If the evidence hadn't supported his theory, he would have had to go back and come up with a different theory. That's the way science works - or at least, is SUPPOSED to work.

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