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Moons, comets, and asteroids consist of ice, rock, ice, and gasses.
They orbit around large masses such as the earth, Jupiter, and Mars even
after thousands of years have passed. This section will further help
you understand the importance of comets and how they work. This is just
one of the many wondrous things it contains.
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This is Halley’s Comet. This is one of the comets that can be seen from the earth and we can also track when it will visit us again. The comet is approximately 263 light years from the earth. It consists of dust and ice and is nine miles long and half as wide. It will go around the earth again in 2062.
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Eros, unlike the other asteroids is more unlikely to crash in to the earth and brutally kill us all of its inhabitants. The asteroid is however possibly a piece of the asteroid that sent the dinosaurs into extinction in the early years of the earth. The asteroid is approximately 7.5 light minutes from earth and is 21 miles long.
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Ida and Dactyl, both asteroids. They spend their time orbiting between mars and Jupiter. It could also be a possible piece of an older planet. They are both located in the asteroid belt. Both of these asteroids are approximately 24.2 light minutes from the earth and measure around 21 miles long.
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Wild 2 was discovered in 1974 going around the gas giants
of the solar system. After an extremely close call of almost hitting
Jupiter it was redirected to the asteroid belt. The comet is composed
mostly of frozen water and pieces of rock. It is approximately 32.2
minutes from earth and is around 3 miles long.
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Phoebe is a fairly small moon of which can’t pull itself into a perfect sphere. Due to the unusual orbit of it, it dates back to the early years of the bygone era. The mood is comprised mostly of ice and rock. It is approximately 83.4 light minutes from earth and is about 133 miles across.
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