Comets

One comet myth is the belief that comets were seen as omens of great events, such as wars or natural disasters, in various ancient cultures.

simple and easy a comet a comet has a solid center nucleus that contains rock particles trapped in frozen liqud

this forms the tail: as it moves closer to the sun the "outer ice" turns to gas and the solid particles (pieces) turn to dust

The stage that comes first in the life cycle of a high-mass star is the main sequence stage. During this stage, the star fuses hydrogen into helium in its core, maintaining a balance between radiation pressure and gravity.

Locating a moon colony near ice deposits from impacting comets would provide a nearby water source that could be used for drinking, growing food, and producing oxygen for life support. It would reduce the need to transport water from Earth or extract it from other sources on the moon.

Scientists use telescopes, including ground-based and space-based ones like Hubble, to study asteroids and comets. Spacecraft missions, such as NASA's OSIRIS-REx and ESA's Rosetta, are also used to perform close-up studies and sample collection from these celestial bodies. Spectroscopy, radar imaging, and infrared observations are common techniques used to analyze their composition and characteristics.

Technically, once a meteor reachest the surface, it is no longer a mateor but a meteorite. In very large impacts, the impacting object can be vaporized by the heat generate. Smaller objects may be shattered by the force of impact or buried as the side of the crater collapse. Additionaly, to the untrained eye, a meteorite can be hard to distinguish from an ordinary rock.

Virtually NOTHING in space is in a circular orbit; every body out there is in an elliptical orbit. Some are CLOSE to circular, but I don't believe than any are quite exact.

Comets especially are in VERY elliptical orbits. If their orbits were even nearly circular, their ices and volatile gasses would have been evaporated long ago.

The frozen portion of a comet consists mainly of ice, including water ice, carbon dioxide ice (dry ice), and various other frozen gases and compounds. This frozen portion makes up the nucleus of the comet, which is surrounded by a cloud of gas and dust when the comet is active.

Comet Hale-Bopp is known as The Great Comet of 1997. It was one of the brightest and most widely observed comets of the 20th century. People around the world could see it with the naked eye for over 18 months.

Halley's Comet appears roughly every 76 years. It was last visible from Earth in 1986 and is projected to next be visible in 2061. The comet can be seen from various locations on Earth, depending on its orbit and visibility during its return.

Yes. Comets do not enter the atmosphere of the earth (we hope!). What you see is gasses that are released from the comet, illuminated by the sun. However, a meteor (shooting star) is visible only due to the atmosphere heating the meteor.

Halley's comet was last seen in the year 1986. It is seen after every 75 to 76 years, having a relatively stable period affected by Jupiter and Saturn. It can be observed for three or four months before, and several months after its closest approach to the Sun.

It will next be visible to the naked eye in July 2061.

In order of their distance from the sun, the rocky planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

A dirty snowball is a comet, which is composed of ice, frozen gases (such as carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia), and rock. When a comet travels close to the Sun, the heat causes the ices to vaporize, creating the tail that we see from Earth.

Here is what i found for my project on moon colony...

1. It provides more area for life and allows population to grow.

2. It advances our technology.

3. The northern part of the moon's surface is a prime area for growing things. This will allow a colony to grow food supplies to eat. By being able to do this a moon colony just may be possible in the future.

The cloud of frozen comets that surrounds Pluto is called the Kuiper Belt.

Comet Kohoutek was a well-known comet that passed through our solar system in 1973. It was studied extensively by astronauts aboard the Skylab space station during its mission. The observations helped scientists gain insights into the composition and behavior of comets.

Sungrazers are comets or asteroids that pass very close to the sun. Due to the sun's intense heat and gravitational pull, most sungrazers are destroyed or vaporized before they can collide with the sun's surface.

Comets are typically observed before sunrise or after sunset when the sky is dark enough to see their faint tails against the backdrop of space. This is because comets are most visible at these times when they are illuminated by the sun but not obscured by the brightness of daylight.

It is estimated that there are billions or even trillions of comets in the Oort Cloud. These comets are believed to be remnants from the early solar system and are located in a distant region surrounding our solar system.

To determine your age in 2061, you need to subtract your birth year from 2061. For example, if you were born in 1990, you would be 71 years old in 2061 (2061 - 1990 = 71).

Yes, a comet produces light as it travels through space. This light is mainly produced by the Sun's energy causing the comet's nucleus to release gas and dust particles, which reflect sunlight and create a glowing tail.

Comet Swift-Tuttle orbits the Sun once every 133 years, so it won't be visible from Earth until it returns in the year 2126. It is the source of the Perseid meteor shower which occurs annually in August when Earth passes through the debris left by the comet.

This comet was named after the 2 scientist who began the study of the effects of the comets collision with Jupiter. Their names were Shoemaker and Levy, thus naming the comet the Shoemaker-Levy comet. Obviously after crashing into Jupiter the comet no longer exists.

The speed of a comet in its orbit around the sun can vary depending on its distance from the sun. Comets can reach speeds of up to 150,000 miles per hour (241,000 km/h) as they approach the sun and are accelerated by its gravitational pull.