Comets are small bodies, generally measuring less than 100 km in diameter. They tend to be made principally of ice. When they near the Sun, they exhibit a tail (or coma) for which they are famous. In the following visual, you can see how they move. Nowadays, we assume that comets are remnants of the formation of the Solar System, which makes them extremely interesting to study.



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