Comet Tempel 1, as viewed by the Stardust-NEXT mission Credit. The total brightness of coma and nucleus is 10 units, the coma is 9 units.
The Coma is the fuzzy outer layer of a comet.
The "coma".
the coma is coma is a/the tail ofthe/a comet
The coma, nucleus, and the tail
A comet
The Coma is the fuzzy outer layer of a comet.
The "coma".
the coma is coma is a/the tail ofthe/a comet
The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, coma, and tail. The nucleus is the head of the comet, the coma is the middle, and the tail is the end of the comet.
Halley's comet coma is 100,000 miles vs 15 miles.
Its the nebulous shock around the nucleus of the comet. Basically its the head of the comet.
The coma, nucleus, and the tail
head
The "coma".
nucleus and coma
A comet
The tail of a comet, also known as its coma, grows as the comet gets close to the sun because of increases in temperature and force exerted by the solar wind. Since a comet's coma is usually composed of dust and vapor, the solar wind causes it to stream out away from the sun.