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What is the fuzzy outer layer of a comet called?
The Coma is the fuzzy outer layer of a comet.
What is the hazy layer that surrounds a comet and nucleus?
The "coma".
How big is Halley's comet's coma?
Halley's comet coma is 100,000 miles vs 15 miles.
Correct term for the halo of light around a comet?
This is the coma, the portion of the comet that sublimates from the surface as it approaches the sun.
What are the components of the head of a comet?
nucleus and coma
What is the layer that surrounds a comet's nucleus?
The "coma".
What are the nucleus coma and tail parts of?
A comet
What nucleus and the coma compose the of the comet.?
head
Why does the coma of a comet grow as it nears the sun?
The tail of a comet, also known as its coma, grows as the comet gets close to the sun because of increases in temperature and force exerted by the solar wind. Since a comet's coma is usually composed of dust and vapor, the solar wind causes it to stream out away from the sun.
What is the diameter in the exact size of units is the coma of a comet?
Comet Tempel 1, as viewed by the Stardust-NEXT mission Credit. The total brightness of coma and nucleus is 10 units, the coma is 9 units.
A comet developes a coma because of?
A comet forms a so-called coma when it passes near the Sun. A comet undergoes sublimation when it warms up therefore producing a fuzzy like appearance. The term coma comes from the Greek word "kome" which means "hair".
What surrounds the head of a comet?
A hazy Cloud called coma sorrounds the head of a comet.
