Nucleus
The solid central body of a comet made of ice and rock. The nucleus of Comet Swift–Tuttle produces the Perseid debris stream.
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The solid central body of a comet made of ice and rock. The nucleus of Comet Swift–Tuttle produces the Perseid debris stream.
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