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What is the difference between comets and asteroids?
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Halley's Comet with a bright nucleus and long, glowing tail appears against a star-filled night sky. Asteroid Lutetia
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Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet blazes across the night sky, March 19, 1986.
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Asteroid Lutetia
The asteroid Lutetia as seen from the Rosetta satellite.
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