UNIVERSE
COMETS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Comets go around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
Detailed explanation-2: -An asteroid is a rocky object that orbits the Sun. 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).
Detailed explanation-3: -The gravitational force between the Sun and the other components of the solar system such as the planets, asteroids, comets, etc., causes them to revolve around the Sun.
Detailed explanation-4: -Comets and asteroids have a lot in common. Both orbit the sun. Both are far smaller than the planets. Both are remnants of the solar system’s formation almost 5 billion years ago.
Detailed explanation-5: -Short-period comets take less than 200 years, and long-period comets take over 200 years, with some taking 100, 000 to 1 million years to orbit the Sun. The short-period comets are found near the ecliptic, which means they are orbiting the Sun in same plane as the planets.