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Where in the solar system do most of the comets reside? What are the parts of a comet when it is near the Sun? Describe two ways in which a comets orbit may change.

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Where in the solar system do most of the comets reside?

Most comets are found orbiting the sun in the Oort Cloud (which is considered to be the edge of our solar system, meaning that this is as far from the Sun as the Sun's gravitational pull reaches).

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