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  2. Asteroids, meteors and comets: What are the differences? - AOL

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    Our solar system is full of floating space debris: Comets, meteors, asteroids and more. What are the differences that make up these various space rocks?

  3. Comet - Wikipedia

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    A 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.

  4. Lists of comets - Wikipedia

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    Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number of decades. The official names of non-periodic comets begin with a "C"; the names of periodic comets begin with "P" or a number followed by "P". Comets that have been lost or disappeared have names with a "D". Comets whose ...

  5. List of numbered comets - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of periodic comets that were numbered by the Minor Planet Center after having been observed on at least two occasions. Their orbital periods vary from 3.2 to 366 years. As of October 2023 [update] there are 471 numbered comets (1P–471P). [ 1 ]

  6. Watch the sky, the 'devil comet' is passing by the earth ...

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    What is Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the 'devil comet?' Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is one of the brightest known co m ets, coming around every 71 years, according to NASA. It earned the nickname of “devil ...

  7. The mega-comet hurtling through our solar system is 85, yes ...

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    There are some bona fide behemoths sailing around the solar system.In 2021, astronomers identified a gargantuan comet — an ancient mass of ices, dust, and rocks — hurtling through our cosmic ...

  8. Great comet - Wikipedia

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    Comet McNaught as the Great Comet of 2007. A great comet is a comet that becomes exceptionally bright. There is no official definition; often the term is attached to comets such as Halley's Comet, which during certain appearances are bright enough to be noticed by casual observers who are not looking for them, and become well known outside the astronomical community.

  9. List of comets by type - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of comets (bodies that travel in elliptical, parabolic, and sometimes hyperbolic orbits and display a tail behind them) listed by type. Comets are sorted into four categories: periodic comets (e.g. Halley's Comet), non-periodic comets (e.g. Comet Hale–Bopp), comets with no meaningful orbit (the Great Comet of 1106), and lost comets (), displayed as either P (periodic), C (non ...