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SCIENCE - 6TH GRADE (Celestial Bodies): Comets

This guide will introduce research methods for the celestial bodies.

Database Research Links

Britannica School:  Comets

Britannica School: Edmond Halley

GALE Science: Great comets in history

GALE Science:  Comets that changed the world

Out in Space: Comets

Time Machine (1909): The Arrival of Halley's Comet

Images

Comet ISON time-lapse montage. These six images (moving left to right) show the comet from September to November 2013. 

Comet ISON, time-lapse montage. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Aug 2017.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1472525/1/132_1472525/cite. Accessed 28 Sep 2020.

Comet passing near Earth, computer artwork. 

Comet passing Earth. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1297521/1/132_1297521/cite. Accessed 28 Sep 2020.

Optical image of comet Hale-Bopp as it passes through the constellation of Perseus, showing its gas and dust tails.

Optical image of comet Hale-Bopp in the night sky. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1295358/1/132_1295358/cite. Accessed 28 Sep 2020.

 

Optical image showing the head (coma) and part of the tail of Comet Hyakutake, one of the brightest comets to appear in the sky. 

Head & tail of comet Hyakutake. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1294999/1/132_1294999/cite. Accessed 28 Sep 2020.

Benedict Library Resources

Graphics

Diagram: First Comet to Hit Earth. ProQuest, Ann Arbor, 2013. SIRS Discoverer, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/document/2257314238?accountid=147606.

Tunguska Comet. ProQuest, Ann Arbor, 2008. SIRS Discoverer, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/document/2256524593?accountid=147606.