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What is the correct term for the halo light around a comet?
The Coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet. It is formed when the comet passes close to the Sun.
What happens when a comet passes the sun?
It begins to melt.
Which comet passes earth every 75 years?
About 6 or 7, with Hailies conet appering in 2061
Leonids meteor shower happens when earth passes through the tail of which comet?
Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
When a comet passes through the sun what happens to the ice?
When a comet passes close to the sun, the intense heat causes the ice and other volatile substances on the comet's surface to vaporize and create a glowing coma around the nucleus, forming the characteristic tail of a comet. This process is called sublimation, where the ice transitions directly from a solid to a gas without passing through a liquid phase.
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.
An area of the sky where multiple meteors can be sometimes observed is referred to as a?
Meteor shower. It occurs when Earth passes through the debris left behind by a comet, resulting in multiple meteors appearing to come from the same point in the sky.
What celestial term is from a greek word that means long haired?
Its the word ''coma'' and its the gas around the center of a comet that forms when it passes around the sun. (not to be confused with the comets tail)
What is Halley's comet's nucleus?
Halley's comet's nucleus is the solid, icy core at the center of the comet. It is composed of frozen gases, dust, and rocky material, and is typically several kilometers in diameter. The nucleus is what forms the heart of the comet and serves as the source of the comet's activity when it approaches the Sun.
What is the path of a comet around the sun?
The path of a comet around the sun would depend on its mass, speed, and trajectory. It a comet enters the sun's gravitational field at the correct trajectory and speed, it would fall into a roughly circular orbit.
Do meteor showers come from space?
Yes. Meteor showers are debris - dust and small pebbles - that have been shed by a comet during its thousands or millions of passes through the solar system. It is literally the leftovers of the comet's tail . It extends probably all the way around the comet's orbital path. When the Earth passes through the comet's path, we are bombarded with these dust, sand and pebble sized rocks, which burn up very prettily as they fall through the atmosphere.
Halley's Comet passes by the earth every?
Every 76 years
