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A comets tail is pushed because of the solar wind.
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∙ 13y agocaused by the sun after entering the sun atmosphere
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Do comets or asteroids have a gas tail?
Comets!
What shapes the comets tail into a shimmering tail?
a ion tail or a dust tail
This has a tail when it is near to the sun?
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.
What do we see comets as?
From the earth we see comets as shooting stars, because theres a tail to it.
How are meteorides and comets different?
comets have a halo/coma/tail surrounding and behind it caused by evaporation of ice. Metorides dont have this. Comets have high eccentrical orbits, meteroides not as much.
What direction does a comets tail always points?
Away from the Sun. The tails is caused by the solar wind.
Why the tail of comets increase or deacrese as it goes round the sun?
The tail of the comets is caused by the solar wind - particles blown away form the Sun. When the comet is closer to the Sun, the solar wind becomes stronger.
Do comets or asteroids have a gas tail?
Comets!
Which celestial objects usually has a tail?
None. Comets have a tail, but that's not "usually", only when they are close to the Sun (which is when we see them, of course). Most of the time, when they are far away from the Sun, they have no tail. The tail is caused by the solar wind.
What shapes the comets tail into a shimmering tail?
a ion tail or a dust tail
What three things are comets made of?
Comets are made of mainly 3 parts -dust tail, ion tail and coma
This has a tail when it is near to the sun?
Comets
What did the tail of comet points?
A Comets tail points away from the sun.
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.
What do we see comets as?
From the earth we see comets as shooting stars, because theres a tail to it.
A comets tail points is where?
Away from the Sun.
