Sentences with phrase «year orbit typically»
Sedna is nearing its closest approach to the Sun; its around 11,400 - year orbit typically takes it to far greater distances.
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Typically a few kilometers in diameter, comets orbit the Sun in paths that either allow them to pass by the Sun only once or that repeatedly bring them through the solar system (as in the 76 - year orbit of Halley's Comet).
Metallicity & Giant Planets - A three - year spectroscopic survey of 12 stars orbited by giant planets shows that they have high abundances of elements heavier than helium, typically two to three times that of our sun, Sol.