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Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COMPOSTION

  • Dust
  • Ice
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Ammonia
  • Methane

NAMING AND EXAMPLES

  • Comets are named after the person/group that found it
  • Shoemaker-Levy 9
  • Halley's Comet

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ORBIT

  • Highly elliptical
  • Orbits the sun

ORIGIN

LEFTOVERS FROM THE ORIGINS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

COMPONETS

  • Nucleus
  • Coma
  • Ion Tail
  • Dust Tail

SIZE

  • Approximately 3.5 miles in diameter