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Comet
A heavenly icy body subject to the sun's force
of attraction, moving in a elliptical or parabolic orbit, which sometimes
degenerates into a hyperbola leading to the escape of the comet from the
solar system. At times comets are also moved into Sun-grazing orbits,
resulting in their destruction.
A comet consists of a hazy gaseous cloud (called
a coma) with a bright solid nucleus (center). The nucleus resembles a dirty
snowball, made of ice of various types and also rock and dust particles. As
it approaches the sun, radiation pressure causes the vaporization of some of
its ice. The resulting gases and particles form the coma and a tail (or two)
which usually points away from the sun.
Most comets are believed to originate in the
Oort cloud located at large
distance from the Sun. It consists of debris left over from the condensation
of the
solar nebula; the outer edges of nebulae are cool enough that water
exists in a solid, rather than gaseous, state.
In ancient
times comets were regarded as messengers of impending doom, such as the end
of the world.
Our planet Earth has been bombarded by these
celestials bodies since its very beginnings. Today almost everyone knows of the catastrophic
consequences if one hits our planet.
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Commanding Spirits,
The Tarot Store and
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