As the comet gets closer to the sun gasses and impurities start to boil off the comet, these are blown away from the sun by the pressure of the solar wind.
Comet tails always stream away from the sun due to the solar wind, which is a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. The solar wind pushes against the gas and dust particles in the comet's coma (a cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus) and causes them to form a tail that points away from the sun.
Away from the sun.
A comet's tail lengthens as it approaches the sun due to greater solar winds. A comets tail always faces away from the sun.
No. Comets tails always point away from the sun. I believe the are a result of the heat and solar winds projected out from the sun which strip material off from the comet as it travels through space.
The comet's "tail" is a stream of dust and vapors that melt and get pushed out of the comet by radiation pressure from the sun. The tail appears only when the comet is relatively near the sun, it's longest when the comet is nearest the sun, and it always points away from the sun, no matter which way the comet is moving.
Far out in space, the comets tail is short. As it approaches the Sun, the heat melts away some of the ice covering the surface. As it evaporates into space, a tail is formed behind the comet. Always, the tail is facing away from the sun. This is why, when we see comets, their tails are almost as long as they get.
A comet's tail will always extend away from the Sun, even when going away from the Sun.
Away from the sun.
A comet's tail lengthens as it approaches the sun due to greater solar winds. A comets tail always faces away from the sun.
Does it? 2nd Answer: Of course comets tails point away from the Sun!!! The "tail" is made of varying sizes of ice particles and chunks. The solar wind (a faint outstreaming of solar material) pushes comets' tails out, away from the sun.
Away from the Sun. The tails is caused by the solar wind.
No. Comets tails always point away from the sun. I believe the are a result of the heat and solar winds projected out from the sun which strip material off from the comet as it travels through space.
A comet's ion (gas) tail always points directly away from the sun. Some comets also have a dust tail (antitail) which may curve slightly away to the side of the ion tail.
The comet's "tail" is a stream of dust and vapors that melt and get pushed out of the comet by radiation pressure from the sun. The tail appears only when the comet is relatively near the sun, it's longest when the comet is nearest the sun, and it always points away from the sun, no matter which way the comet is moving.
Away from the Sun.
A Comets tail points away from the sun.
Or "face away," maybe? A comet's tail always points away from the Sun, because it is blown that direction by ions streaming out from the Sun (solar winds). So, whenever a comet is moving away from the Sun, its tail will stream ahead of it.
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.