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What is the composition of a comet?
The composition of a comet is frozen gases, dust, and rocks.
What is the necleus of a comet?
The inside of a comet that is made up of mostly frozen gases and dust.
How does a comet become a comet?
1 it become a big ball of gases to hurl around
The cloud of gases around a solid portion of a comet is called?
Its called the 'Coma'. Its is both the dust that the solar wind blows off the comet as well as gases expelled as the comet heats up.
What object has a tail made of gases and dust?
A comet has a tail composed of gases and dust. As a comet travels through space, it heats up, causing the gases and dust to vaporize and form a glowing tail that points away from the Sun due to solar wind.
What are the gasses on a comet?
Comets are composed of a mixture of ice, dust, and gases. The main gases found on a comet are water vapor, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane. These gases are released as the comet gets closer to the Sun and heats up, causing the ice to sublimate.
What is made up of frozen gases rock particles and cosmic dust?
A comet is made up of frozen gases, rock particles, and cosmic dust. As a comet gets closer to the sun, the heat causes the frozen gases to vaporize, creating a glowing coma around the nucleus.
What is the frozen portion of a comet?
The frozen portion of a comet consists mainly of ice, including water ice, carbon dioxide ice (dry ice), and various other frozen gases and compounds. This frozen portion makes up the nucleus of the comet, which is surrounded by a cloud of gas and dust when the comet is active.
What is a cloud of gases around the solid portion of a comet known as?
A coma
What is a glowing ball of gases that form around a comet called?
Coma
Is a meteor made of ice frozen gases and rocks?
No. What you are describing is a comet.
Why is the comet green?
The comet appears green because of the gases it releases when it gets close to the sun. The gas molecules in the comet's tail interact with sunlight, causing them to emit a greenish glow.
