What is the difference between a comet and an asteroid?

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What is the difference between a comet and an asteroid?

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Comets are icy bodies that are very loosely held together. Very far from the sun and usually with highly eccentric orbits.

Asteroids are rocky bodies that tend to be much closer to the Sun. They can be rocky, metallic, or carbony.

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