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*Look at this really big one: {{w|2060 Chiron}}. | *Look at this really big one: {{w|2060 Chiron}}. | ||
*Wiktionary says: "A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun." [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comet] | *Wiktionary says: "A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun." [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comet] | ||
β | *IAU says: "All other objects | + | *IAU says: "All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as ''Small Solar-System Bodies''". Look for [http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau0603/ RESOLUTION 5A] |
*And an interesting blog entry at livejournal: [http://suitti.livejournal.com/56460.html?nojs=1 What's the difference between a comet and a planet?] | *And an interesting blog entry at livejournal: [http://suitti.livejournal.com/56460.html?nojs=1 What's the difference between a comet and a planet?] | ||
--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:19, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:19, 2 December 2013 (UTC) |