Professor Nakamura was enjoying his time so far at Hogwarts. It was still only his second year, but he felt it was going well, and he had no complaints teaching his students so far. He waited for everyone to enter the classroom before getting up from his seat and standing at the front of the room. “Tonight, there’ll be no more talk of moons, which you may or may not be thankful for.” Professor Nakamura eyed the class for signs of opinions. “Instead, we’ll be talking about comets. They are rather rare, yet an important aspect of astronomy. Comets are made of ice, rock, and small specs of dust.”
“You could think of them as huge, dirty snowballs,” Professor Nakamura said, his lips twitching into a small smile. "They come from the Kuiper Belt - which is incidentally where you'll find Pluto - and the Oort Cloud, which forms a spherical shell around our solar system. Comets tails form when they get to the comparatively warmer parts of solar systems – that is, nearer to the sun, such as the space around earth.” Professor Nakamura paused, checking that everyone was following.
“On average, a major comet will appear near earth every five years. It is of note, however, that each comet is different, and how long you can see it and from where depends on different factors.” Professor Nakamura noted time was coming to a close on his lesson, so he rushed to finish. “That’s it for this week, no homework!” He said over students packing away their supplies and most likely getting ready to go back to their dorms for the evening.
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“You could think of them as huge, dirty snowballs,” Professor Nakamura said, his lips twitching into a small smile. "They come from the Kuiper Belt - which is incidentally where you'll find Pluto - and the Oort Cloud, which forms a spherical shell around our solar system. Comets tails form when they get to the comparatively warmer parts of solar systems – that is, nearer to the sun, such as the space around earth.” Professor Nakamura paused, checking that everyone was following.
“On average, a major comet will appear near earth every five years. It is of note, however, that each comet is different, and how long you can see it and from where depends on different factors.” Professor Nakamura noted time was coming to a close on his lesson, so he rushed to finish. “That’s it for this week, no homework!” He said over students packing away their supplies and most likely getting ready to go back to their dorms for the evening.
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