SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Every comet is made of the same basic ingredients–ice and dust. However, comets vary in how much of the ice is water ice and how much is ice made of other substances, including methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur, and hydrogen sulfide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Comets are large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the Sun. Best known for their long, streaming tails, these ancient objects are leftovers from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comets are like dirty snowballs, made mainly of ice and frozen carbon dioxide with some dust and organic molecules, left over from the formation of the Solar System. They’re like “time capsules, ‘’ telling us what conditions were like in our Solar System 4.5 billion years ago, when the Sun and planets were first forming.

Detailed explanation-4: -Every comet has a nucleus, a stable, porous central mass of ice, gas, and dust that if often between 1 and 10 kilometers (0.6 to 6 miles) in size. The ice is made of varying amounts of water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and methane. The dust may contain hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, silica, and some metals.

Detailed explanation-5: -Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids. Comets are small icy dirtballs that orbit the Sun; comets are made of ice and dust while asteroids are made of rock).