Oct 5, 2007

Comet in fight with Sun!!! (Guess who wins?)



SPACE.com -- Solar Storm Rips Tail Off Comet
Recently, i had the interesting task of explaining the difference between asteroids and comets. The class naturally revolved around, ah ha ha, a discussion of elliptical orbits and the ephemeral, gaseous nature of the comets tail... which is more interesting than you might think...


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