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The story of comets: what they are, how they form, and why they are important.
Millions of dirty icebergs orbit around the Sun in a huge cloud of debris almost a light-year in radius. These are all pristine relics of our primordial Solar nebula. Only when one tumbles towards the inner Solar system does it heat up to develop into the spectacular apparition known as a comet.
All information about this free public lecture by Carolin Crawford, Gresham Professor of Astronomy, please visit the event's page on the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/comets-visitors-from-the-frozen-edge-of-the-solar-system
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20 November 2013 at 1:00 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour |
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Museum of London |
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Gresham College |
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Free |
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No reservations required. |
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