Comets Confirm Creation
One of the evidences of a young earth and universe that creationists commonly use is the existence of comets, which are icy celestial bodies that travel through space while orbiting around the sun and are composed of frozen gases, rock, and dust. The origin of comets extends back to the formation of the solar system and the universe. Some of these comets are believed to be pulled closer to the solar system by gravitational forces or kicked into orbit from outside. However, creationists believe that comets can’t survive millions or billions of years as they routinely collide with planets or are absorbed by the heat of the sun. Yet comets are still being observed today.
Evolutionists also realize that comets cannot survive millions of years. Therefore, they have proposed the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt to produce and supply new comets. Gerard Kupier proposed in 1951 that a disc-like belt of short-period icy bodies (less than 200-year orbit) exists beyond Neptune and orbits the sun after being pushed into orbit by gravitational forces. A group of long-period comets is proposed much further beyond the Kupier Belt called the Oort Cloud, where these comets are pulled into orbit by gravitational forces and are proposed to have orbits as long as 30 million years around the sun.
However, the Oort Cloud has never been observed scientifically and is a theoretical idea, while the Kupier Belt contains many fewer comets than proposed by old-earth models. In addition, creationists insist that it is unlikely that these comets could last as long as the proposed old age of the universe (of more than 13 billion years) after contact with the sun’s heat or collision with other bodies.
As a comet approaches the sun during its orbit, some of the ice melts and this melted ice is pushed away from the comet by the sun's solar wind, producing the visible "tail" behind the comet's main body. As this ice is constantly evaporating by the heat of the sun and other planets, the question remains how so many comets remain in our solar system after the billions of years proposed by old-earth scientists.
Why do we still see comets today (more than 5,000 identified) if there have been billions of years of time in the proposed 4.5 billion year old solar system? Scientists actually believe that there could be many more comets yet to be identified in the solar system. The creationist time frame of 6,000 years for the universe gives a better and more realistic time frame for the existence of comets considering the number observed.
Evolutionists also realize that comets cannot survive millions of years. Therefore, they have proposed the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt to produce and supply new comets. Gerard Kupier proposed in 1951 that a disc-like belt of short-period icy bodies (less than 200-year orbit) exists beyond Neptune and orbits the sun after being pushed into orbit by gravitational forces. A group of long-period comets is proposed much further beyond the Kupier Belt called the Oort Cloud, where these comets are pulled into orbit by gravitational forces and are proposed to have orbits as long as 30 million years around the sun.
However, the Oort Cloud has never been observed scientifically and is a theoretical idea, while the Kupier Belt contains many fewer comets than proposed by old-earth models. In addition, creationists insist that it is unlikely that these comets could last as long as the proposed old age of the universe (of more than 13 billion years) after contact with the sun’s heat or collision with other bodies.
As a comet approaches the sun during its orbit, some of the ice melts and this melted ice is pushed away from the comet by the sun's solar wind, producing the visible "tail" behind the comet's main body. As this ice is constantly evaporating by the heat of the sun and other planets, the question remains how so many comets remain in our solar system after the billions of years proposed by old-earth scientists.
Why do we still see comets today (more than 5,000 identified) if there have been billions of years of time in the proposed 4.5 billion year old solar system? Scientists actually believe that there could be many more comets yet to be identified in the solar system. The creationist time frame of 6,000 years for the universe gives a better and more realistic time frame for the existence of comets considering the number observed.
