Comet

C O M E T S

Size In Diameter: Varies Greatly; as small as a grain of sand to as large as hundreds of miles across

Length Of Day: NA

Length Of Year: NA

Temperature: NA

Moons: none

Interesting Facts:

Comets are made of frozen gases and dust.

As comets near the sun they may form a tail millions of miles long.

A comet travels faster than 100,000 miles per hour.

Halley's comet visits the Earth about every 76 years. Its Last visit to the Earth was in 1986.

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