The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and
collects a few small chunks of it.
Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long
journey on the comet.
They form a mini-society and coping with the hostile environment of the comet
(mostly the cold).
The size of the comet is about 2300 kilometers in diameter - far larger than
any comet or asteroid that actually exists.
Description:
The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on the comet. They form a mini-society and coping with the hostile environment of the comet (mostly the cold). The size of the comet is about 2300 kilometers in diameter - far larger than any comet or asteroid that actually exists.