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The tail of the comet is made up of melting ice. When the comet gets close to the sun, the melted ice becomes the gaseous tail.
Riley Glover
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Why do comments have tails?
Why do comets have tails
Do all comets have tails?
Because they aren't traveling towards the sun. Comet tails are caused by debries being burned off.
What objects have tails that are often several million kilometres long?
Comets
What arethe icy objects with huge tails that orbit the sun?
They are called comets.
Does solar flares give comets their tail?
No, comets have tails due to solar radiation subliming ices and other volatile substances into a temporary atmosphere that is tail shaped due to the comets velocity.
Why do comments have tails?
Why do comets have tails
Do asteroids tails burn?
No, they do not burn only comets have tails.
Do only comets have tails or no?
yes
Do meteorites have tails?
No, that would be comets.
What is the balls of ice in the sky with tails?
Comets
What makes up the tails of comets?
rocks and dust
When are comets tails present?
When they reach the inner solar system.
How long are the tails of comets?
It depends on how fast the comet is going.
Does Mars have tails?
In the sense that an observer can see tails on comets - no, the gravity and composition of Mars is not favorable to the production of a tail.
Do all comets have tails?
Because they aren't traveling towards the sun. Comet tails are caused by debries being burned off.
Why do comets tails always go to the opposite side of the sun?
yes
What are the object with huge tails that orbit the sun called?
They are called comets.
