Comet

A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the sun and (at least occasionally)

References

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• Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (1994). "Cometary Designation System." Available online.
• European Southern Observatory. (2003). "A Brief History of Comets." Available online: Part I, Part II.
• {{Journal reference | Author=Edmundo Halleio | Title=Astronomiæ Cometicæ Synopsis | Journal=Philosophical Transactions | Year=1705 | Volume=24 | Pages=1882–1899 }}
• Gary W. Kronk. (2001–2005). Cometography. Available online.
• I.S. Newton (1687). Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Londoni: Josephi Streater.
• Samuel Pepys (1893). The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M.A., F.R.S.. London: George Bell & Sons.
• Vigyan Prasar (2001). "Development of Cometary Thought." Available online: Part I, Part II.
• Reading Museum Service (2000-2004). Britain's Bayeux Tapestry. Available online. Accessed 22 April 2005.
• {{Book reference | Author=Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan | Title=Comet | Publisher=New York:Random House | Year=1985 | ID=ISBN 0-394-54908-2 }}
• Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. (2005). "The SOHO 1000th Comet Contest." Available online.
• {{Journal reference | Author=F.L. Whipple | Title=A Comet Model I. The Acceleration of Comet Encke | Journal=Astrophysical Journal | Year=1950 | Volume=111 | Pages=375–394 }}