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Comet
Comet
Comet
PARTS OF A COMET:
Nucleus
Coma
Tail
Periodic Comets- usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the
vicinity of the Sun after a number of decades.
Non-periodic Comets- are only seen once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits
that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever.