Sentences with phrase «comet orbital period»

Halley's comet orbital period is on average 76 years, however its orbital path can vary due to to gravitational fields of the major planets.

Not exact matches

The parent comet (Tempel - Tuttle) has an orbital period of a bit more than 33 years, and so we see storms when the Earth happens to pass close behind the comet, such storms lasting only a few hours.

Long Period Comets (Non-periodic comets) are comets that do not have confirmed observations at more than one perihelion passage and generally have orbital periods of 200 years or more.

Since a 2005 visit by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, the short - period comet has completed more than one complete orbit around the Sun and approached the inner Solar System as close as the orbital distance of Mars.

Short orbital - period comets are thought to originate from the Kuiper Belt, while long orbital - period comets are believed to be from the Oort Cloud.

Comet Hale - Bopp, which was visible to the naked eye for 18 months spanning 1996 and 1997, is a long orbital - period comet that won't be visible from Earth again for several thousand years.

Comets travel in an orbit; a short orbital - period comet is one that takes 200 years or less to go around the Sun, and a long orbital - period comet takes more than 200 years — often thousands or even millions of years.

Halley's Comet is a short orbital - period comet that can be seen from Earth every 75 to 76 years.