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Comets Seen as Leftovers From Stars
Astrophysicists describe comets as remnants from the birth of the solar system. Kohoutek, a bright new visitor, may be the most observed comet in history as scientists study its nucleus, coma, and tail with a global array of instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Blakeslee
AP Science
Comets
Cambridge
Mass
Milky Way
Kohoutek
Earth
Jan Oort
Marsden
Fred Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Harvard University
Lukos Kohoutek
Hamburg Observatory
West Germany
Brian Marsden
Smithsonian Observatory
Venus
Jupiter
Halley
Encke
A.W.G. Cameron
The
Smithsonian
Bennett
Whipple