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Oct 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001eaa..booke1797c&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1797. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Comets

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Comets are small bodies of the solar system that follow highly eccentric orbits that may be inclined at any angle over the ecliptic plane. They have a solid part, the `nucleus' (kilometer to several tens of kilometers in size), composed of ices and refractory material. When they come close to the Sun, they develop a bright globular dusty atmosphere, the `coma', and `tails' of gas and dust opposed...

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