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Comet Factoids!
- Comets
were once thought to be
the bad guys of the
universe--evil,
wild-haired, homeless
spirits that travelled
the night skies looking
for trouble.
- The
word "comet"
derives from a Greek word
meaning "long
haired".
- While
a collision with a large
comet might destroy the
earth, the earth actually
passed through the tail
of Tebbutt's comet of
1861 and Halley's comet
in 1910 without any
noticeable consequences.
- The
tail follows a comet when
the comet is approaching
the sun. The tail
precedes the comet as the
comet travels away from
the sun.
- "God
save us from the Devil,
the Turk, and the
comet!"
was
a common prayer in Europe
when the comet of 1456
appeared in the sky.
Fun
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