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Although the solar system is best known as the Sun and its family of nine planets and their moons, the smaller bodies—the comets and asteroids—add a new dimension to its size, history, and beauty.
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© 1997 David H. Levy, Larry A. Lebofsky, and Nancy R. Lebofsky
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Levy, D.H., Lebofsky, L.A., Lebofsky, N.R. (1997). Beauty and Danger: Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors. In: Sharing the Sky. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6371-0_10
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