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Comet

Astronomy: Comets and Asteroids

Donati’s Comet

Halley’s Comet

Kuiper Belt, major source of short-period comets

Oort Cloud, possible source of comets

Shoemaker-Levy Comet

Solar System objects

comet classification by period (diagram)

comets in the asteroid belt

comparison with asteroids

effects of comets on Earth

evidence of formation of solar system

first calculation of comet orbits

formation of impact breccias

gravitational forces from sun and planets

Jupiter-family comets

Neptune's influence on Kuiper Belt as source

objects similar to comets

pictures of comets

Pluto’s relation to Kuiper Belt and comets

research and study

specific comets

structure of a comet (diagram)


	Kuiper Belt

			Kuiper Belt (pronounced KY-per), a collection of frozen objects made of ice, dust, and rock that orbit the Sun in the outer solar system. The belt...
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