Comets

What is the Solar System?

Comets are large balls of ice, rock and dust but you can think of them as large dirty snowballs that travel through the Solar System.

Occupation: Astronomer, Educator, Librarian

Year born: 1818

Research Areas: Comets, Solar Eclipse, Planets, Double Stars, Nebulae

Gerard Kuiper
Credit: NASA

Occupation: Astronomer & Planetary Scientist

Year born: 1905

Research Areas: Atmospheres and Moons

Occupation: Astronomer and Mathematician

Year born: 1656

Research Areas: Comets, Transits, Stars, Maths, Geophysics

Occupation: Astronomer

Year born: 1750

Research Areas: Comets, Nebulae, Star Clusters