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Comet C-19 aka Comet Atlas...pg. 8 Ancient Comet 13,000 yrs ago, It probably resulted from the break-up of a giant comet in the inner solar sys
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[quote:-Noahsdad-:MV80MzA3NTE4Xzc4NDU2MzY2X0JBRDI5RDMw] Comets: The Basics Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust roughly 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 kilometers. Comets may not be able to support life themselves, but they may have brought water and organic compounds -- the building blocks of life -- through collisions with Earth and other bodies in our solar system. https://www.nasa.gov/comets [/quote]
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Astronomers are keeping a close eye on Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4). Currently beyond the orbit of Mars, the comet from deep space is falling toward the sun--and it has recently tripled in brightness, possibly signalling an explosion of dust and gas in the comet's core. In late May, it will swoop inside the orbit of Mercury and could become very bright, indeed.
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