At #6 with 6.2 per cent of the vote, the comet!

Would have been a much more fun happenstance if it had been #6 with 6.6 per cent, but nevermind! An honourable spot!

Comets grace our night skies as they pass Earth on their travels through the Solar System.

Made up of rock, dust and ice they heat up, glow and melt as they get close to the Sun, creating a long tail behind them.

Some of the more memorable ones have been Halley's, McNaught's, Shoemaker-Levy 9, 12P/Pons–Brooks.

Pop quiz: Do you know the difference between a comet, an asteroid, and a meteor?