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Comets consist of mostly dust and ice, along with some carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia and other things. It starts out as an icy body and as it moves closer to the sun, it creates a tail that has gases and dust.

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Comets are small bodies in the Solar System that, when passing close to the Sun, heat up and begin to outgas. Comets are composed of rock, dust, water ice and frozen gases.

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comet nucleus contains a special kindof fluffy dust.

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Comets contain lost of ice particles

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Ice and Dirt

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Ice and dust

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solid iron.


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