What about comets? what do we know? Or do we not know?

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1. The nuclei of comets are usually made up of glaciers.

But this does not mean that comets are comparable to glaciers as we know them. Because the nuclei of these comets are is not made of frozen water. On the contrary, they; It consists of ammonia, dust, carbon dioxide, super-cold methane and rocks.

2. Comets can vary in size from a few meters to many kilometers in diameter.

3. Comets reflect only 4% of the light that falls on them.

4. Dust in the tails of comets reflects light from the sun.

completely in the air why they look shiny This is it.

5. These stars are bound to the sun by a very weak gravitational force.

For this reason even the smallest particle in the depths of space gravity fluctuation It could even change their jobs.

6. What lies beneath the ice sheet that forms their core is still a great mystery.

7. The tails of these celestial bodies are part of the cloud of dust and gas moving away from the core.

8. Comets have two tails.

The first of these tails is formed as a result of the ionization of the gas and dust cloud by ultraviolet radiation ion tail It is referred to as. The dust tail is much more easily observed than the ion tail.

9. Comets get smaller as they get closer to the sun.

10. Halley, one of the most famous comets, enters the solar system every 76 years.

Even this star In July 2061 It is expected that it will be seen again.

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