Link: https://www.space.com/comet-12p-pons-brooks-march-2024
Description: Web ResultMar 8, 2024 · From Feb. 25 to April 5, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will take a track from north of the Great Square of Pegasus to Aries the Ram. One of the best times to spot the comet with your naked-eye will be...
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Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
Description: Web ResultA comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. This produces an extended, gravitationally unbound atmosphere or coma surrounding the nucleus, and sometimes a tail of gas and dust gas blown out from the coma.
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Link: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en/
Description: Web Result3 days ago · When the comet is in the inner solar system, either coming or going, that's when we may see it in our skies. This animation represents the 76-year, elliptical orbit of Halley’s comet (the white dot) against the more circular orbits of …
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Link: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets
Description: Web ResultComets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. When frozen, they are the size of a small town. When a comet's orbit brings it close to the Sun, it heats up and spews dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets.
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Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/world/green-comet-c-2022-e3-watch-scn/index.html
Description: Web ResultJan 31, 2023 · - A newly discovered comet is currently shooting through our Solar System for the first time in 50,000 years and could be visible to the naked eye as it whizzes past Earth and the Sun in the ...
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/science/comet-astronomy
Description: Web Result6 days ago · Comet, a small body orbiting the Sun with a substantial fraction of its composition made up of volatile ices. Comets are among the most-spectacular objects in the sky, with their bright glowing comae and their long tails. Comets can appear at random from any direction as they move in eccentric orbits around the Sun.
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Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-to-see-green-comet-c2022-e3-ztf
Description: Web ResultOn the evening of February 1, the comet is making its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years—providing a vibrant glimpse into one of the building blocks of our cosmic home.
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Link: https://www.space.com/comet-c2022-e3-ztf-visible-naked-eye-january-2023
Description: Web ResultJan 6, 2023 · On Feb. 1, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will pass to within 28 million miles (42 million km) of our planet, its first approach in 50,000 years. While this will no doubt entice many skywatchers to attempt ...
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Link: https://www.space.com/comets.html
Description: Web ResultJul 31, 2023 · Comets are defined as icy bodies of frozen gases, rocks and dust left over from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. They orbit the sun in highly elliptical orbits that ...
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Link: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/facts/
Description: Web ResultComets actually have two tails―a dust tail and an ion (gas) tail. Most comets travel a safe distance from the Sun―comet Halley comes no closer than 89 million kilometers (55 million miles). However, some comets, called sungrazers, crash straight into the Sun or get so close that they break up and evaporate.
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