Guide To Space - Where Do Comets Come From? Exploring the Oort Cloud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQtdQ94jy8I

From Oct 17, 2017.

Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain)

Some comets orbit the Sun on a regular basis, but others come in from deep space, a region known as the Oort Cloud. What causes them to make this journey, and will we ever be able to explore the Oort Cloud?

 

Before I get into this episode, I want to remind everyone that it's been several decades since I've been able to enjoy a bright comet in the night sky. I've seen mind blowing auroras, and witnessed a total solar eclipse with my own eyeballs. The Universe needs to deliver this bright comet for me, and it needs to do it soon.

 

[Editor's note: Rich here. I'm spoiled by comet Hyakutake.]

 

By recording this video now, I will summon it. I will create a video that'll be hilariously out of date in a few months, when that bright comet shows up.

 

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