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Ramages Comet
  • By Sydney Rice and Jaden Hopkins

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About Ramages Comet
  • Ramages comet was discovered by Amy Ramage. The
    comet was discovered in the U.S.A. It is unique
    because it was purple, green and red. Amy Ramage
    was outside one night looking in her telescope
    and all the sudden she saw this comet. She found
    it in the year 2007.

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Facts About Comets
  • . It brings them close to the sun and Comets are
    in orbit around the sun as are our planets.
  • Comet orbits are elliptical takes them far away.
  • Short period comets orbit the sun every 20 years
    or less. Long period comets orbit the sun every
    200 years or longer. Those comets with orbits in
    between are called Halley-type comets.
  • Comets are composed of ices, dust and rocky
    debris carried from the early formation of the
    solar system about 4.5 billion years ago.

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Parts of a Comet
  • There are three parts of a comet. They are the
    coma, the nucleus, and the tail. There are two
    tails. They are the gas tail and the dust tail.

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Pictures of Comets
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