Comets are made up of water, ice, dust and other elements and minerals, all loosely packed together, Battams said.

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Moreover, many asteroids are chunky masses of rock and dust loosely held together by very little gravity, like loosely packed peanut clusters.

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In the courtroom, at his arraignment, Bonds turned in his chair and assessed the loosely packed gallery several times, with what seemed a mixture of grievance and neediness.

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The molecules in such liquids are closely packed but loosely arranged.

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