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Away from the Sun. The tails is caused by the solar wind.
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A comets tail points to what?
Away from the sun.
What did the tail of comet points?
A Comets tail points away from the sun.
A comets tail points is where?
Away from the Sun.
Does a comet's tail always point 180 degrees away from its direction of travel?
No, the comet's tail always points away from the sun. It has nothing to do with its direction of travel.
What is comets main points?
The tail, the coma, and the nucleus.
What direction do comets generally move?
with the tail facing the sun
Why a comets tail always points away from the Sun.?
Does it? 2nd Answer: Of course comets tails point away from the Sun!!! The "tail" is made of varying sizes of ice particles and chunks. The solar wind (a faint outstreaming of solar material) pushes comets' tails out, away from the sun.
Is the tail of Halley's comet is always opposite to the sun?
A comet's ion (gas) tail always points directly away from the sun. Some comets also have a dust tail (antitail) which may curve slightly away to the side of the ion tail.
Which way do comets tail point?
It points away from the Sun
Comets tail always point toward the sun?
No. Comets tails always point away from the sun. I believe the are a result of the heat and solar winds projected out from the sun which strip material off from the comet as it travels through space.
If a comets ion tail is pointing perpendicular to its direction of travel the comet is?
Close to or at perihelion.
What happens when comets near the sun?
A comet's tail lengthens as it approaches the sun due to greater solar winds. A comets tail always faces away from the sun.
