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It was not only the physical nature of comets that so long remained a mystery. Their origin was also shrouded in obscurity, and the various hypotheses put forward to explain this were to some degree influenced by beliefs about their nature.
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Seargent, D.A.J. (2017). The Origin of Comets. In: Visually Observing Comets. Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45435-1_5
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