“After a number of passes around the Sun, the comet becomes largely or completely de-iced and so resembles an asteroid.”

“The comet is now revolving around the Sun every 6.6 years on an elliptical orbit with a low inclination compared to that of the Earth.”

“It can draw multiple light curves in several returns of a periodic comet in one graph.”

“In contrast, Jupiter-family comets tend to have predictable, well-determined orbits with short periods and low inclinations.”

“Both comets and asteroids are the left-over building blocks of the planets in our solar system.”

“Unlike Kuiper belt comets, Oort cloud comets can rain down on the inner solar system from any angle and any direction.”