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Its a comet because a comet sheds off ice and dust in the shape of a tail

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Q: What is made of ice rock and dust that gives off gas and dust in the fo rm of a tail?
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What is a long ribbonlike trail of comet dust and gas?

The tail of a comet is made up of a combination of frozen rock, and ice particles coming off the comet and is lit up by the sun. If you were to be in this tail, you would face: subzero temperatures and constant pummeling by SOLID ice and rock.


What object has a tail made of gases and dust?

A comet is an object that has a tail made of gases and dust.


What parts make up a comet and what are they made of?

The Tail, The Coma and the Nucleus. The Tail is made up of Dust and gas, the Coma is a cloud of gas, and the nucleus is a block of ice and gas.


How does the behavior of a comets dust tail from a comet ion tail?

An ion tail is made of electrically charged particles and a dust tail is made of dust. Also, an ion tail will always point away from the sun because of the solar winds, while a dust tail tends to follow the comet's orbit and doesn't always point away from the sun.


Are comets most likely planets?

No, they are made of rock, ice, and cosmic dust. They have a "tail" Which is all of that material going away. They will some time dissapear.


What is the comets tail made out of?

Dust and gas 🌠☄


Which is longer the ion tail or the dust tail?

The dust tail because the dust tail has a curve to it which will make it take longer.


What three things are comets made of?

Comets are made of mainly 3 parts -dust tail, ion tail and coma


What is the two tail of a comet made of?

One tail is gas, and the other ice. The darker, colored tail is gas, and the white easy-to-see tail is ice.


Why do the speed of the comets increase as they near the sun?

It gives off gas and dust in the form of a coma and a tail.


Why do you think that the speed of comets increase as they near the Sun?

It gives off gas and dust in the form of a coma and a tail.


Why do you think that the speeds of comets increase as they get near the sun?

It gives off gas and dust in the form of a coma and a tail.