Comets, comets, everywhere

[rocketeddy]

Comets have been known to man since ancient times (at least since Aristotle, around 350BC) and we are currently aware of the existence of some three and a half thousand of them, yet they remain the most elusive and least understood bodies in our solar system.

Almost half of the comets we know about today are what we call Kreutz Sungrazers believed

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[cuprohastes]

Nutty. Great time to be an astronomer though - the tech to start getting really good looks at stuff is just coming into prominence, while there's still enough undiscovered stuff to hang your name off!