Comets always have two tails (ion tail and dust tail) and are so seen that way. the one tail (ion tail) is always pointing away from the sun showing which direction the comet is in comparison to the sun. the sun gives off a charge and hits the comet and that moves the ion tail showing which way the sun is. the (dust tail) shows the direction the comet is traveling.
However, the dust tail is generally brighter and more noticeable than the ion tail.
Comets have no moons, mainly because of their highly elongated (or parabolic) orbits.
They cross many gravity fields and the weak attraction between relatively small objects (a few million tons) would be highly unstable, especially during perihelion when the comet surface is explosively evaporating. Some comets break up into pieces that travel the same path for awhile.
Conversely, there are some asteroids with their own tiny orbiting moons.
Comets, meaning hairy stars, are made of a mixture of water ice and planetary dust particles. When they approach the Sun the surface partially evaporates and form a tail known as the 'Coma ' an old word for a beard. The Coma always points away from the Sun and is not like the slipstream of smoke in the wind. The Solar wind of charged particles causes the coma to preceded the comet as it falls away from the Sun. They follow extremely elliptical orbits and are thought to emanate from the 'Oort Cloud' surrounding the outer solar system.
The tail of a comet is basically dust, and sediment burned off of the comet itself.
Yes, the tail is the debris from the comet left behind
yes it does have a tail
Of course they do ;)
no, comets only have one tail
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Two things: 1. Comet tails do not follow along behind the comet. Comet tails always point away from the Sun. 2. Comets are not rocky, they are icy.
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No, a comet's tail always faces away from the sun/
What DO comet tails originate from? They are formed when the sun causes gas and dust to leave the comet, and are then swept away by solar winds. This is why that no matter which direction a comet is traveling, it's tail is always pointed awY from the sun.
Comet tails are made of ice and dust.
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Comet tails are made mostly of _____.gas , i think?i got it from someone on wikianswers
Two things: 1. Comet tails do not follow along behind the comet. Comet tails always point away from the Sun. 2. Comets are not rocky, they are icy.
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by ice chunks
No, a comet's tail always faces away from the sun/
What DO comet tails originate from? They are formed when the sun causes gas and dust to leave the comet, and are then swept away by solar winds. This is why that no matter which direction a comet is traveling, it's tail is always pointed awY from the sun.
Because the comet is going so fast there looks like the comet has a tail.
the tails will be longest when it goes past the sun because of the light
All comets have tails when their proximity to the sun is such that the icy debris in the comet is warmed enough to melt and fall away from the comet.
During a comet's orbit, the coma and tails are the parts that come and go. The coma is the glowing, fuzzy cloud around the nucleus that develops as the comet gets closer to the Sun. The tails, consisting of ion and dust tails, form as a result of solar radiation and solar wind pushing the coma's particles away from the nucleus. Both the coma and tails diminish as the comet moves away from the Sun during its orbit.