Fermer1959 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 (edited) Hi all! The mechanism of comet formation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet A comet is born when a planet's satellite breaks out of orbit during the new moon phase. If the orbital speed of the satellite is higher than the orbital speed of the planet, then the comet begins to move around the Sun in a retrograde orbit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet The eccentricity of a comet's orbit can be calculated using the following formula. E = Vp/Vk Jupiter's orbital speed is 12 km/sec. The orbital speed of the Io satellite is 17 km/sec. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_and_prograde_motion Continuation: Forum of Akademgorodok Novosibirsk. The science. (link removed) Edited February 23 by Moontanman Removal of spam link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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