question archive Every time a comet passes near the Sun, it loses a little bit of itself, and, as a result, no comet can be infinitely old
Every time a comet passes near the Sun, it loses a little bit of itself, and, as a result, no comet can be infinitely old
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Every time a comet passes near the Sun, it loses a little bit of itself, and, as a result, no comet can be infinitely old. Assuming that all members of the solar system formed approximately 5 billion years ago, how can you explain the fact that we still periodically discover new comets?
