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the The Why Files
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Mark Bailey, Gary Bernstein, and Donald Brownlee
This collection of web pages explores the makeup, motion, and observation of comets in the Solar System. The material includes photographs and illustrations of comets, an activity to create a comet, and a short bibliography.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=1259">Bailey, M, G. Bernstein, and D. Brownlee. Comets: The Universal Recipe?. Madison: The Why Files, July 28, 2005.</a>
Bailey, M., Bernstein, G., & Brownlee, D. (2005, July 28). Comets: The Universal Recipe?. Retrieved February 14, 2025, from The Why Files: https://whyfiles.org/011comets/
Bailey, M, G. Bernstein, and D. Brownlee. Comets: The Universal Recipe?. Madison: The Why Files, July 28, 2005. https://whyfiles.org/011comets/ (accessed 14 February 2025).
Bailey, Mark, Gary Bernstein, and Donald Brownlee. Comets: The Universal Recipe?. Madison: The Why Files, 2005. 28 July 2005. 14 Feb. 2025 <https://whyfiles.org/011comets/>.
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Author = "Mark Bailey and Gary Bernstein and Donald Brownlee",
Title = {Comets: The Universal Recipe?},
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Volume = {2025},
Number = {14 February 2025},
Month = {July 28, 2005},
Year = {2005}
}
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