Editing Sungrazing comet (section)

== Origin of sungrazing comets ==

Studies show that for comets with high [[orbital inclination]]s and perihelion distances of less than about 2&nbsp;[[astronomical unit]]s, the cumulative effect of gravitational perturbations over many orbits is adequate to reduce the perihelion distance to very small values.  One study has suggested that [[Comet Hale–Bopp]] has about a 15% chance of eventually becoming a sungrazer.