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Do asteroids have tails

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13y ago

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It's assumed those asteroids that once were comets have had the ice and dust burned off and now have nothing coming off to make a tail.

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11y ago

no you must be confused with a coma of a comet

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13y ago

Yes they do. They could have been two tails. But all I know is that they do. But for meteorites, I'm not sure.

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11y ago

No that would be a comet

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no but comets do when close to the sun

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NO

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