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What is the comet part that can be millions of miles long?
The tail of a comet is over a million miles long.
Can a comets tail be hundreds of millions of kilometers long?
Sure. As a comet approaches the sun, the comet sheds some of its material, which trails behind it for millions of kilometers. It is this tail that is the most visible part of a comet. In fact, the word comet means "hairy star," referring to the long, streaming tail. In 1910, the earth actually passed through the tail of Halley's Comet.
What is the name of the long slender part of a comet?
a tail
What percent smaller is Halley's comet from earth?
Halley's comet, the actual solid nucleus part, is around 8km wide by 15km long. It's gas and dust tails can be spread out over millions of km though. The diameter of the Earth is around 12,700 km, so by contrast, the diameter of the nucleus of Halley's comet is around 0.1% the diameter of Earth.
Which part of a comet is solid?
The nucleus is the solid part of a comet.
Is halleys comet part of the solar system?
Yes. Halley's Comet is a comet that orbits our sun, and the definition of "Part of the solar system" is 'Any object that orbits our sun.'
What part of the comet faces the sun during it's orbit?
The head of the comet
What part of a comet is formed due to the melting of the comet by the suns energy?
tail
What part of a comet is formed due to melting of the comet by the sun's energy?
tail
Is a comet part of the universe?
Yes,it is.
Which part of comet is on the opposite side of a comet from the sun?
Solar winds blow the debris of the traveling comet to make it appear it has a tail.
What are the last 2 episodes of Avatar called?
sozin's comet part 3: into the inferno sozin's comet part 4: AVATAR AANG
