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Title: Comets
Url: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/comets/comets.html
Publisher: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Description: This resource covers the general features of comets, such as their orbit, head, coma and tail; the comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp; Halley's comet; collisions of comets with other bodies; and the possibility of small water comets bombarding the Earth, with implications for the history of the atmosphere and oceans. There is information on the Tunguska Event, and the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and its encounter with Jupiter. A link is provided to a site for plotting your own orbits.
LC Classification: Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Astronomy -- Special topics, A-Z -- Comets
Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Astronomy -- Special topics, A-Z -- Halley's comet
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Comets
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Comets -- Periodic comets. By name, A-Z -- Hale-Bopp comet
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Comets -- Periodic comets. By name, A-Z -- Halley's comet
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Comets -- Periodic comets. By name, A-Z -- Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Meteorites -- Individual meteorites and craters, A-Z -- Tunguska meteorite
Science -- Astronomy -- Theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics -- Calculation of orbits -- Comets (General)
GEM Subject: Science
Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Space sciences
Science -- Physical sciences
Resource Type: Reference Material
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Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
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Education Level: High School
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Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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