A comet is just an ordinary planet in the solar system. Why do people think it is a symbol of bad luck?

Although a comet is just an ordinary planet in the solar system, people often call it a broom. In fact, the source of this word is Halley's comet. According to the relevant records in ancient Chinese books, Halley's comet is very similar to the shape of a tail when it moves in the universe, which is different from the thin tail of a meteor. Its tail has changed from small to large, so people think it looks like a broom's tail, so it is called a broom.

And coincidentally, every time a comet passes through the earth, China is often in a very turbulent period. When there are comets in the historical records of ancient books in China, most of them are riots, which often lead to many deaths, so people often don't like it, which is also a coincidence, which also confirms its title of jinx, so naturally in our China, comets symbolize bad luck.

In addition to jinx, comets are also called disaster stars. People often subconsciously associate it with wars, famines, tsunamis and other disasters of different degrees. People often say that comets hit the earth. In fact, I often heard this sentence when I was a child, so I was afraid of comets. People will think that the arrival of comets will bring disaster to the earth. In ancient times when there was little knowledge of astronomy, people naturally hated comets.

But in fact, the comet is just a small celestial body in today's solar system. Comets are composed of three parts: nucleus, coma and tail, and are considered as only gas and dust comets. There are also many kinds of comets, including alcohol comets and periodic comets.

In fact, this is a normal phenomenon in nature, but people have specially given it symbolic significance, and only in China can such misfortune be meaningful to comets. We should treat comets with a more scientific attitude.