Comets are celestial bodies that revolve around the sun with an oval, parabolic or hyperbolic orbit. The term comet comes from the Greek word "kometes" which means "long hair. Comets are also interpreted as stars with tails.
Javanese people call the comet Lintang Kemukus because it has a "steamed" or dusty tail. Apart from that, the tail also resembles dried cubeb fruit.
The part usually called the comet's tail is a thin, dusty haze that forms from the evaporation of comet material when it approaches the sun.
The length of a comet's tail can reach millions of kilometers and some comets travel greater distances than comets when orbiting the sun.
Due to varying distances, the time it takes for comets to orbit the sun is also different, some comets even need thousands of years to complete one orbit of the sun. The diameter of the comet nucleus is only about 8-25 km.
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Source | : | Kompas.com |
Penulis | : | Heni Widiastuti |
Editor | : | Regina Pasys |
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