A comet is a mixture of rock and dust, frozen gases and originates from the Kuiper Belt out past Jupiter. A comet is distinguished from an Asteroid by its Coma or its Tail. A Coma is a thin fuzzy temporary atmosphere that is formed when the comet passes close to the Sun. The Tail refers to the streaming gases and dust that illuminate from the ionization.
We are quite lucky as most comets cannot be seen with the naked eye, Actually we are twice as lucky as you may thing! 2013 ALSO brings us the comet PANSTARRS.Towards March it will appear in the neighborhood of Polaris, though it starts its trek only visible in the Southern Hemisphere before making its way into the Northern Hemisphere and promising to light up the morning sky. That is if it doesn’t fizz out!Both ISON & PANSTARRS have the ability to pack a lot of shock & awe or fizz out. But then again these two comets have the potential to be the brightest comets of our lifetimes!
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