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AI overview
A comet is a small, icy body from the Solar System that releases gases and dust when it travels near the Sun, creating a glowing atmosphere and sometimes a visible tail. Comets matter because they are natural objects that demonstrate how solar radiation and wind affect matter in space, and their appearance in our sky has made them historically significant to observers on Earth.
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Key facts
- Astronomical formation.image
- File:Comet Hale-Bopp 1995O1.jpg
- Astronomical formation.caption
- Comet Hale–Bopp after passing perihelion in April 1997
- Astronomical formation.thing
- Small solar system body
- Astronomical formation.where
- Star systems
- Astronomical formation.density
- 0.6 g/cm3 (average)
- Astronomical formation.qid
- Q3559
- Astronomical formation.commonscat
- Comets
- Astronomical formation.size
- Typically less than 10 km wide (nucleus)
- Astronomical formation.Mass
- 1011 kg to 1017 kg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- C2022 E3 (ZTF)- Alessandro Bianconi.jpg