Comets

Comets

A comet is a solid body orbiting the sun typically composed of rock, dust, or ice.

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comet brook

Astronomy; Comets

C/1911 O1 (Brooks), also designated 1911 V or Comet Brooks, was a bright comet discovered in July 1911 by astronomer William Robert Brooks. It is notable for becoming a bright naked-eye object of ...

Comet Bennett, formally known as C/1969 Y1 (old style 1970 II and 1969i), was one of two brilliant comets to grace the 1970s, along with Comet West. The name is also borne by an altogether different ...

Comet Arend–Roland

Astronomy; Comets

Comet Arend–Roland was discovered on November 8, 1956, by Belgian astronomers Sylvain Arend and Georges Roland on photographic plates. As the eighth comet found in 1956, it was named Arend–Roland ...