• Question: How long does it take comets to form ?

    Asked by Deeps 2005 to Chris, Hayley, Jimi, Omur on 16 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      Comets are big lumps of frozen gas that are flying through space. They formed from leftovers of our solar system about 5 billion years ago… don’t know how long they took to form though.

    • Photo: Chris Conselice

      Chris Conselice answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      Good, question, we don’t really know. Comets are thought to be the oldest objects in the solar system, which remain after the Sun and Planets form. They are in a sense, the original inhabitants of the solar system.

    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 17 Mar 2016:

      We don’t 100% know how long they take to form. We know they are really really old and stick around after suns and planets form.

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