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Comets that seldom visit the sun have water and other volatile substances evaporate from their core. Those substances form a long tail out from the core as the solar wind blows them away from the comet. If a comet makes a number of trips around the sun, all of its volatile substances are blown away and it can no longer have a tail.
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How does a comet begin?
The comet's tail is in front of the comet, not after
What are the parts of a comet after it forms a tail?
The coma, the nucleus, and the tail are the parts of a comet after the tail has formed.
When was In the Tail of a Comet created?
In the Tail of a Comet was created on 2000-04-25.
Does Mars have a tail?
Venus is a planet, not a comet, so it does not have a tail.
What are 3 parts of a comet?
The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, coma, and tail. The nucleus is the head of the comet, the coma is the middle, and the tail is the end of the comet.
Which heavenly bodies appear in the sky at regular bit long intervals and have a tail?
A comet is a space thing that has a heavenly body and a tail. The most famous comet known is Hailey's comet.
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 comet part that can be millions of miles long?
The tail of a comet is over a million miles long.
The tail of a comet is longest when the comet is?
... nearest the sun.
What is a icy rock called with a tail?
comet
Why is the tail of a comet luminous?
The tail of a comet is luminous because it scatters and reflects the light from the sun.
Loose collection of rock and frozen gas that has a tail?
A comet
