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What is the distance of comet tails that have been observed to extend?
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Some comets have tails reaching 160 million kilometers long.
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Some comet tails are longer than distance from earth to the sun?
True. Some ion tails have been observed to extend 150 million km or more.
What is the usual length of the tail of a comet?
6 foot 5 ----------------------------- Difficult to say as all the lengths will be different, depending on the size of the comet, the distance from the Sun, and amount of ejecta visible. While the solid nucleus of comets is generally less than 50 km across, the coma (The tail) may be larger than the Sun, and ion tails have been observed to extend 150 million km or more.
Do all comets have tails?
Because they aren't traveling towards the sun. Comet tails are caused by debries being burned off.
Are comet tails mostly made up of sunlight?
Comet tails are made of ice and dust.
Can plasma be found in comet tails?
no
Comet tails are mostly made of?
Comet tails are made mostly of _____.gas , i think?i got it from someone on wikianswers
What is small rocks in space left behind from comet tail?
Two things: 1. Comet tails do not follow along behind the comet. Comet tails always point away from the Sun. 2. Comets are not rocky, they are icy.
What is comet tails mostly made of?
dinosaurs
How do a comet's tails forme?
by ice chunks
Do comet tails face the sun?
No, a comet's tail always faces away from the sun/
What two comet tails originate from?
What DO comet tails originate from? They are formed when the sun causes gas and dust to leave the comet, and are then swept away by solar winds. This is why that no matter which direction a comet is traveling, it's tail is always pointed awY from the sun.
Why comets have tails?
Because the comet is going so fast there looks like the comet has a tail.
