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orbits differ in ecliptical shape - this is mostly because of the difference in gravatational pull, ie. planets weight more, they take longer to orbit around the sun and have a smaller orbital shape, unlike, comets which go flying far off and then coming back again.

2007-01-16 16:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by Havanator 2 · 0 0

maximum asteroids stay between Mars and Jupiter, with something wandering around the indoors photograph voltaic equipment or in 2 communities that proportion Jupiter's orbit around the sunlight. maximum stay close to the ecliptic, or plane wherein the planets orbit the sunlight besides, and maximum have incredibly around orbits. Comets although could be everywhere interior the photograph voltaic equipment. besides the actuality that some are interior the indoors photograph voltaic equipment masquerading as Earth crossing asteroids, the vast majority of them are orbiting the sunlight previous Neptune. There are 2 diverse populations of comets. the fast era comets regularly come from the Kuiper Belt which starts at Neptune's orbit and extends outwards a minimum of two times as much as now as that planet's orbit, if no longer lots farther. maximum orbit the sunlight close to the ecliptic. the different inhabitants is created from up of long era comets with sessions commencing from 200 hundred years to a million million years or greater. They form the Oort cloud, from which comets can come at us from any path and a million/2 of them additionally circle the sunlight interior the choice path the planets do. The Oort cloud extends as much as two easy years from the sunlight in each path and thanks to this long era comets can seem everywhere interior the sky, while short era comets many times do no longer. short era comets many times have very elliptical orbits too, yet all of them circle the sunlight interior an identical path with some exceptions of long era comets that have been trapped in a quick era orbit by using Jupiter which includes Halley's Comet. Comets oftentimes in simple terms have lots longer era orbits that are greater elliptical and function lots greater advantageous inclination to the ecliptic than maximum asteroids do.

2016-12-12 13:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

The orbital planes of comets aren't necessarily in line with the planets'.

2007-01-16 16:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0 0

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