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What is the comets name that hit Jupiter?
sun grazer is the name of a comet that crashes into the sun
How far away is Halley's comet from the sun?
Halley's Comet is currently a little beyond the orbit of Neptune.
What is the name of the path of a comet around the sun?
asteroid belt
Is the head of the comet on the opposite side of the comet from sun?
No. The tail of the comet points away from the sun.
Why is a comets tail is in front of the comet?
The comet's "tail" is a stream of dust and vapors that melt and get pushed out of the comet by radiation pressure from the sun. The tail appears only when the comet is relatively near the sun, it's longest when the comet is nearest the sun, and it always points away from the sun, no matter which way the comet is moving.
What is the name of the comet that orbits the sun in your solar system?
Any comet visible from earth is in orbit around the sun. If the orbit is closed (elliptical), the comet will return after some period of time. If the orbit is open (parabolic or hyperbolic), the comet will escape the solar system and never return to the neighborhood.
Which is the largest the earth the sun or the a comet?
The sun is the largest out of the three and then the earth and then a comet.
How does the sun create a tail on a comet?
The sun creates a tail on a comet because of solar radiation and solar wind on the nucleus of the comet. A comet is an icy body that is seen when it passes close to the sun.
Were does a comet tail face?
Same as any other comet: away from the Sun.Same as any other comet: away from the Sun.Same as any other comet: away from the Sun.Same as any other comet: away from the Sun.
Do comet tails face the sun?
No, a comet's tail always faces away from the sun/
What is a sun-grazing comet?
it is a comet that comes super close to the sun. Or that collides with it and disinagrates.
The tail of a comet is longest when the comet is?
... nearest the sun.
