jlnbtr t1_itbdttd wrote on October 22, 2022 at 10:19 AM Reply to comment by Astrokiwi in Is a regular, yearly, predictable comet astronomically possible? (For fiction idea) by InPurpleIDescended Just to add, even though a comet “passing by” every single year is unrealistic, it could be changed to a meteor shower. Meteor showers (like the perseids) happen yearly, and it’s the earth passing by the tail (remains) of a comet Permalink Parent 1
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Reply to comment by Astrokiwi in Is a regular, yearly, predictable comet astronomically possible? (For fiction idea) by InPurpleIDescended
Just to add, even though a comet “passing by” every single year is unrealistic, it could be changed to a meteor shower. Meteor showers (like the perseids) happen yearly, and it’s the earth passing by the tail (remains) of a comet