Sentences with phrase «information on comets»

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More images and information on comets are available at the Comet Page.

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Two NASA and one European spacecraft, including NASA's MAVEN mission led by the University of Colorado Boulder, have gathered new information about the basic properties of a wayward comet that buzzed by Mars Oct. 19, directly detecting its effects on the Martian atmosphere.

Studying the nucleus temperature and evolution of the coma and tail provides information on how the comet evolves as it approaches and leaves the vicinity of the sun, and addresses questions about why that happens.

These moons» exact orbits aren't yet known because they have been observed for such a short time, so official recognition and naming by the Minor Planet Center (the clearinghouse for information on moons, comets, etc.) must wait until the moons are spotted again this fall.

The mission of the Comet Research Group is to accurately assess the effects of comet impacts on human history, to educate the international public about these effects, and, ultimately, to provide governments and the scientific community with the information they need to stop comets from hitting Earth in the future.

Results obtained near the comet's closest approach on March 25th have yielded a wealth of information about the primordial composition of this comet.