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The short answer is No, Halley's Comet will not be around when the Sun becomes a red giant. When a comet gets close to the Sun (formally called a perihelion passage), the comet's surface gets heated up, and a layer on the surface sublimates and is lost into space. This means that a comet gets smaller over time, since it loses mass each time it swings by the Sun. As a general rule, a comet whose perihelion is one AU (the same as the average Earth-Sun distance) will lose about one meter of its surface during each perihelion passage. Comets that get closer to the Sun than 1.0 AU may lose several meters of their surface during each perihelion passage. Halley's comet is currently on an orbit with a perihelion of 0.59 AU, so it probably loses several meters from its surface during each perihelion passage. The average diameter of Halley's Comet is about eleven kilometers, so after a few thousand more perihelion passages, none of it will remain. Each orbit of Halley's Comet takes about 75 years, so it will be completely gone within a few hundred thousand years, at most. The Sun will become a red giant in about five billion years, so Halley's Comet would have sublimated out of existence long before then.
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Which of these stars is a super giant?
when does Halley's Comet passes by the earth every
How long did it take for comet Hale-Bopp to orbit the sun?
Hyakutake is a long-period comet. Before its most recent passage through the solar system, its orbital period was about 17,000 years, but the gravitational influence of the giant planets has increased this period to 102,070 years.
What does Halley's comet orbit besides the sun?
Halley's comet orbits the Sun. It follows a highly elliptical path that takes it from the outer solar system, where it interacts with the gravitational forces of the giant planets, back towards the inner solar system, passing close to the Sun.
What caused Halleys comet tail?
We don't know. I've read estimates that Halley's Comet is probably large enough to survive another ten million years or so.The problem, of course, is that a comet is like a "dirty snowball" in composition. Rocks and dust, loosely bound together by ice. While out in the depths of space, the snowball is perfectly stable. But when the comet approaches the Sun, the ice begins to vaporize and the vapor carries away some of the dust. This forms the tail of the comet.With each approach, the comet becomes smaller and less stable. Some comets experience explosions, when a pocket of vaporized ice is trapped and then bursts carrying chunks of rock and dust away. We cannot predict when that will happen to Halley's Comet, but we know that someday, it WILL.And comets do occasionally collide with things; things like Earth, or Mars, or Jupiter, or asteroids. A lot could happen.
When will Hailey's comet return?
Halley's Comet's last appearance was in 1986, and its average period of revolution around the Sun is 76 years. But it turns out that the gravitational pull of the giant planets creates variations in that period of up to a few years (so the time between successive appearances isn't always exactly 76 years). Its next appearance should be in 2061.
What is the name of the part of a comet around the nucleus?
The part of a comet around the nucleus is called the coma. It is a dense cloud of gas and dust that forms around the nucleus as the comet approaches the Sun and starts to heat up, creating a glowing halo.
Which of these stars is a super giant?
when does Halley's Comet passes by the earth every
When a main-sequence star has exhausted the fuel in its core it becomes a....?
I am pretty sure it becomes a giant if I'm not mistaken.
What happens to people if the river becomes polluted?
the government puts a giant dome around the city :)
What are the release dates for Space Patrol - 1950 The Prisoner of the Giant Comet 4-19?
Space Patrol - 1950 The Prisoner of the Giant Comet 4-19 was released on: USA: 7 May 1954
Will Halley's Comet still be around when the sun turns into a red giant?
The short answer: No, Halley's Comet will not still be around when the Sun becomes a red giant. When a comet gets close to the Sun (formally called a perihelion passage), the comet's surface gets heated up, and a layer on the surface sublimates and is lost into space. This means that a comet gets smaller over time, since it loses mass each time it swings by the Sun. As a general rule, a comet whose perihelion is one AU (the same as the average Earth-Sun distance) will lose about one meter of its surface during each perihelion passage. Comets that get closer to the Sun than 1.0 AU may lose several meters of their surface during each perihelion passage. Halley's comet is currently on an orbit with a perihelion of 0.59 AU, so it probably loses several meters from its surface during each perihelion passage. The average diameter of Halley's Comet is about eleven kilometers, so after a few thousand more perihelion passages, none of it will remain. Each orbit of Halley's Comet takes about 75 years, so it will be completely gone within a few hundred thousand years, at most. The Sun will become a red giant in about five billion years, so Halley's Comet have sublimated out of existence long before then.
How did the dinosaurs leave?
a giant comet hit the earth at super speeds. then the Arizona desert was hit with a comet. and then all the dinosaurs died. hope it never happens again!
Is Jupiter's giant red spot the location of a comet impact?
No. The Great Red Spot is a storm.
What it a solar system?
Usually a collection of bodies that orbit around a star. Our solar system consists of a rocky planet belt, an asteroid belt, a gas giant belt, a comet belt, and then a comet cloud, all of which fall under the influence of our star's gravity and orbit periodically.
What do you call a star that is bigger then a regular one?
first its called the main sequence star like the sun then it becomes a red giant then it becomes a red super giant and if it is huge a hyper-giant like VY Canis Majoris (largest star known) then it explodes and it becomes a planetary nebula then it becomes a white dwarf
What happens to a star when it becomes a giant if it has a close binary companion?
Matter can be transferred from the giant to the companion
What causes a giant?
After a star burns up all it's hydrogen, it becomes a red giant.
