Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. When frozen, they are the size of a small town. When a comet's orbit brings it close to the Sun, it heats up and spews dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets. The dust and gases form a tail that stretches away from the Sun for millions of miles. There are likely billions of comets orbiting our Sun in the Kuiper Belt and even more distant Oort Cloud. ~ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/
Currently there are over 4000 comets within the Solar System and are classified based on there period around the sun and how close they get. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Comet_Interceptor/What_types_of_comets_are_there
Currently there are over 4000 comets within the Solar System and are classified based on there period around the sun and how close they get. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Comet_Interceptor/What_types_of_comets_are_there
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