What is a comets head called?

Answer 1

A comet is made from dust and ice. It forms a tail because the ice is melted by the Sun and therefore always pointing away from it because of gravity. The comet's orbit is not circular but in the shape of an oval.

Answer 2

A comet's head is called the nucleus. This is a solid core made up of ice, dust, and rocky materials. When a comet gets closer to the Sun, the nucleus starts to heat up and release gas and dust, forming a glowing coma and tail.

Answer 3

The bright head is called the Coma.

It is basically a halo of evaporated gas (water vapor, ammonia, carbon dioxide) and dust. It surrounds the nucleus which is the solid part of the comet.

The coma is made as the comet warms up. It is often 1,000 times larger than the nucleus. The coma and nucleus together form the head of the comet.

Answer 4

nucleus and coma

Answer 5

The head of a comet is called the Coma (the nebulous envelope around the nucleus) but the body is called the nucleus.

coma

Answer 6

A hazy cloud called a coma surrounds the nucleus. The coma and the nucleus together form the comet's head.

Answer 7

The head of a comet is a meteor-like ball of ice.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

The head of a comet is the nucleus.

Answer 10

coma