Artist’s animation of a comet

This animation shows an artist’s view of what the surface of the comet might look like.With sizes ranging from a few hundred metres to some kilometers, comets are relatively small rocky and icy objects. The cloud around the comet, its atmosphere or coma, emerges when the comet approaches the Sun in its journey across the Solar System. As the comet heats up, dust and materials from the surface of its nucleus sublimate, forming a sort of very thin atmosphere.

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ESO/M. Kornmesser

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Tunnistus:eso2108b
Julkaisupäivä:19. toukokuuta 2021 17:00
Vastaavat julkaisut:eso2108
Kesto:19 s
Frame rate:25 fps

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Nimi:Comet
Tyyppi:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet
Kategoria:Solar System

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