What is a Comet?

This video was created in association with Fireballs Aotearoa, a meteor tracking project funded by Curious Minds and the Participatory Science Platform. I am currently working on the project as a research assistant. More info is available here:
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-...
https://fireballs.nz

Images:

Comet 67P OSIRIS view by European Space Agency/Rosetta/OSIRIS, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Comet 67P NAVCAM mosaic by European Space Agency/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Halley’s Comet on 21 March, 1986 by Reinhold Haefner/European Southern Observatory, CC BY 4.0, http://www.eso.org/public/images/come...

Tar bubble at La Brea by Daniel Schwen - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Amino acid chart by Sawayamr - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

All other imagery exists in the public domain, or is my own work.

Music:

Brian Bolger - 'Future Glider'
Nathan Moore - 'Diving in Backwards'
Asher Fulero - 'Spring Thaw'

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