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What major event happened then comet wild 2 appeared?

The major event that happened when Comet Wild 2 appeared was the Stardust mission in 2004 conducted by NASA. The spacecraft Stardust flew close to Comet Wild 2, collected samples of its coma dust, and brought them back to Earth for analysis. This event provided valuable information about the composition of comets and the early solar system.


How many comets have been studied by spacecraft?

As of 2021, spacecraft have studied five comets up close: Halley's Comet (by the European Space Agency's Giotto spacecraft), Comet Borrelly (by NASA's Deep Space 1), Comet Wild 2 (by NASA's Stardust spacecraft), Comet Tempel 1 (by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft), and Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft).


What does the comets consist of?

Comets are made of rock, dust, ice, and frozen gases. When comets approach the Sun, the frozen gases explosively sublime, forming the comet's coma (nebulous central mass) and scattering dust and ice into the solar wind. Lighter dust and photo-dissociated water molecules create the "tail" of the comet, which solar photons push outward in the direction away from the Sun.Samples were retrieved from the comet 81P/Wild (Wild 2) by NASA's Stardust mission in 2006.


Does Halley's Comet have rings?

No, Halley's Comet does not have rings. It is a periodic comet that orbits the Sun every 75-76 years, and its nucleus is surrounded by a glowing coma and a tail formed by dust and gas particles as it gets closer to the Sun.


What is the longest comet tail?

The longest comet tail on record belongs to the Great Comet of 1844, which had a tail that stretched for over 300 million kilometers. Comet tails can vary in length depending on factors such as the comet's size, composition, and proximity to the Sun.

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What are the name of a comet's?

there's comet halley, comet hale-bop, comet borrelly, and Comet wild 2... that's all i can think now.


What major event happened then comet wild 2 appeared?

The major event that happened when Comet Wild 2 appeared was the Stardust mission in 2004 conducted by NASA. The spacecraft Stardust flew close to Comet Wild 2, collected samples of its coma dust, and brought them back to Earth for analysis. This event provided valuable information about the composition of comets and the early solar system.


What space probe was designed for the purpose of sampling comet dust?

The space probe designed for sampling comet dust is known as NASA's Stardust spacecraft. It was launched in 1999 with the primary mission of collecting comet material from comet Wild 2 and returning it to Earth in 2006.


How much is it for 2 children and 2 adult to go to south Africa?

Point of Origin?


How many comets have been studied by spacecraft?

As of 2021, spacecraft have studied five comets up close: Halley's Comet (by the European Space Agency's Giotto spacecraft), Comet Borrelly (by NASA's Deep Space 1), Comet Wild 2 (by NASA's Stardust spacecraft), Comet Tempel 1 (by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft), and Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft).


What is Cartesian coordinate?

It is an ordered pair (or triplet), which defines the distances of any point in 2 (or 3) dimensional space from a fixed point, called the origin, and along an orthogonal set of axes which cross at the origin.


How did comet wild 2 change the way astronomers think about comets or Solar Systems?

because it was like unique because it has like craters and because none other like comet like has one


The x-coordinate of a point?

In an ordered pair like (2, 5), the first number is the x-coordinate. It is the horizontal distance to the right from the Origin to that point.


How many syllables in comet?

2 co-met


In sims 2 castaway how does a sim die?

You either have to starve it, or it gets atackd by a wild boar to the point where it dies.


Would a 6 inch comet goldfish eat two 2 inch goldfish?

no. i have had two big comet goldfish with my, little 2 inch fish, and they never ate him.


How do you get grandmaster galaxy's comet to appear in super Mario galaxy 2?

First, you need to have beaten the first star in the galaxy. Second, you need to have the comet medal in the galaxy. It is on the final planet, off to the right of a platform near the end. Third, you'll need 9999 starbits in the Toad bank. This is probably what you're missing.