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When comets come in contact with the earth's atmosphere, the air resistence and the action of gases wears it off, so ultimately it disappears.
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What are the characteristics of comets and meteoroids?
Comets are dusty pieces of ice and rock that partially vaporize when they pass near the sun. Meteoroids are pieces of rock, usually less than a few hundred meters in size, that travel through the solar system.
What object with a long ''tail'' travels around the solar system?
A comet
What do comets and asteroids not have in common?
Comets are Comets and Asteroids are Asteroids
How are comets classified?
how are comets classfied
Which chemical readily vaporize and react in the atmosphere to form ozone?
CFC's are the chemicals. They readily vaporize and deplete the ozone.
Can the sun burn asteroids and comets?
The Sun is hot enough to vaporize most anything.
How do you vaporize gas around a comets nucleus?
You don't need to; the Sun does a fine job of vaporizing the volatile chemicals in the nucleus of a comet.
What are the characteristics of comets and meteoroids?
Comets are dusty pieces of ice and rock that partially vaporize when they pass near the sun. Meteoroids are pieces of rock, usually less than a few hundred meters in size, that travel through the solar system.
What does offgas mean?
Offgassing occurs when comets, meteors, meteorites etc. are heated by an outside force (such as the sun or the atmosphere of a planet.)This heating causes the frozen gasses and particles of the object to vaporize, creating the clouds of gas and particles that surround comets and make them visible.
Are comets related to nuclear energy?
Not directly, but as a comet approaches the sun, which is one big fusion reactor, the heat will cause the surface of the comet to vaporize, forming the comet's tail.
What object with a long ''tail'' travels around the solar system?
A comet
Do bases vaporize?
some bases like ammonia do vaporize but metal hydroxide ones do not
Will the water in a car battery vaporize if overcharged?
Yes the electrolyte will vaporize if the battery is overcharged.
How do you use the word vaporize in a sentence?
This eucalyptus balm will be easily inhaled if you can find a way to vaporize it.
What is a sentence using the word vaporize?
He left the water outside in the sun, so it will soon vaporize
What do comets and asteroids not have in common?
Comets are Comets and Asteroids are Asteroids
What mass of material with a long tail travels around the sun?
The mass of material with a long tail that travels around the sun is called a comet. Comets are composed of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The tail of a comet is formed when it gets closer to the sun, and the heat causes the ice to vaporize and create a glowing tail. The mass of a comet can range from a few million kilograms to billions of kilograms.
