Well today I learned a few things. The first thing I learned was that vitamin c does not actually prevent colds. It decreases the length of the infection but does little to nothing to prevent you from actually catching the cold in the first place. Instead zinc actually helps to prevent them.
The other thing I learned was that astronomers need to come up with a better definition of what an asteroid is. As of right now there are objects that are dual classed as asteroid/comet, asteroid/moon, and asteroid/dwarf planet. This I learned when trying to find the difference between a comet and asteroid. The definition of asteroid makes no distinction between the two. It is only when you look at comets that you find that a comet has a tail made up of melting ice whereas an asteroid does not. However all comets will eventually become asteroids as the ice melts away and the tail disappears. This calls into question why there are objects that are dual classified as both.
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