How many comets are currently orbiting our sun? (Beginner)

• (Beginner) >" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=640,height=480,directories=no,location=no'); return false;" rel="nofollow">
• 

Details

Wednesday, 24 December 2003 15:23

Answered by Brian Kent

Views: 45161

• Comets
• The Sun
• Number

About the Author

Brian Kent

Brian Kent is a scientist with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He studies the dynamics of galaxies and works with 3D visualization and software for radio telescopes. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell in 2008.

Read about what he works on:
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~bkent/index.html

or subscribe to his YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/VisualizeAstronomy