UNIVERSE
COMETS
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Question
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What are the categories of comets?
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Ice Comets and Rock Comets
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Blue Comets and Green Comets
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Short Period Comets and Long Period Comets
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Good Comets and Bad Comets
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Comets are believed to have two sources. Long-period comets (those which take more than 200 years to complete an orbit around the Sun) originate from the Oort Cloud . Short-period comets (those which take less than 200 years to complete an orbit around the Sun) originate from the Kuiper Belt .
Detailed explanation-2: -A comet with an orbital period of less than 200 years is known as a short-period comet or a ‘periodic comet’.
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