Chances are about 50-50 that in any night sky, there is at least one visible comet that has not been discovered. This keeps amateur astronomers busy looking night after night, partly because the discoverer of a comet gets the honor of having it named for him or her. With this high probability of comets being visible in the sky, why aren’t more of them found?
Chances are about 50-50 that in any night sky, there is at least one visible comet that has not been discovered. This keeps amateur astronomers busy looking night after night, partly because the discoverer of a comet gets the honor of having it named for him or her. With this high probability of comets being visible in the sky, why aren’t more of them found?
Chances are about 50-50 that in any night sky, there is at least one visible comet that has not been discovered. This keeps amateur astronomers busy looking night after night, partly because the discoverer of a comet gets the honor of having it named for him or her. With this high probability of comets being visible in the sky, why aren’t more of them found?
What is the mass of a comet having a radius of 392 km where 825 kg only weighs 147 N?
A comet has a period of 75.3 years and moves in an elliptical orbit in which its perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) is 0.640 AU. Find the semimajor axis of the comet and an estimate of the comet's maximum distance from the Sun, both in astronomical units.
(a)
the semimajor axis of the comet (in AU)
(b)
an estimate of the comet's maximum distance (in AU) from the Sun
A comet has a period of 70.3 years and moves in an elliptical orbit in which its perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) is 0.620 AU. Find the semimajor axis of the comet and an estimate of the comet's maximum distance from the Sun, both in astronomical units.
(a) the semimajor axis of the comet (in AU)
(b)an estimate of the comet's maximum distance (in AU) from the Sun
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