Does comet tail possible to can seen pointing towards earth?

Answer 1

A comet's tail points away from the sun. Sometimes the dust and gas separate, though, because they are driven by two different effects, radiation pressure and solar wind, respectively. Both point mostly away from the sun, but not always exactly. Photographs of Comet Hale-Bopp show this effect well, for example, the Astronomy Picture of the Day at the link shown. A comet in deepest cold space is generally thought of as a giant dirty snowball with the snow made of water ice, and frozen organic liquids, and the dirt of small rocks and dust which are the debris of explosions and collisions of different bodies in space. It is only when the comet approaches the sun and warms up that surface ice melts and vapourises carrying dust with it and forming a large cloud that we can see clearly. It is at this stage when the effects mentioned above act on the cloud and sweep it behind the comet relative to the sun to form a tail or tails, and because there is no atmospheric air in space the tail always points away from the sun even when the comet is travelling away from it.

Answer 2

No, comet tails always point away from the sun due to solar wind and radiation pressure pushing the gas and dust away from the nucleus. The shape and orientation of a comet's tail is determined by the interaction between the comet and the solar wind.

Answer 3

A comet's tail points away from the sun. Sometimes the dust and gas separate, though, because they are driven by two different effects, radiation pressure and solar wind, respectively. Both point mostly away from the sun, but not always exactly. Photographs of Comet Hale-Bopp show this effect well, for example, the Astronomy Picture of the Day at the link shown. A comet in deepest cold space is generally thought of as a giant dirty snowball with the snow made of water ice, and frozen organic liquids, and the dirt of small rocks and dust which are the debris of explosions and collisions of different bodies in space. It is only when the comet approaches the sun and warms up that surface ice melts and vapourises carrying dust with it and forming a large cloud that we can see clearly. It is at this stage when the effects mentioned above act on the cloud and sweep it behind the comet relative to the sun to form a tail or tails, and because there is no atmospheric air in space the tail always points away from the sun even when the comet is travelling away from it.

Answer 4

I don't know what "pointing towards Earth" means.

It's possible for a comet's tail to point towards Earth, if the comet is between Earth and the Sun. However, it would be hard to "see" in this case, just like it's kind of hard to see an arrow that's pointed straight towards you.

It's certainly possible for a comet's tail to point "down" (towards the ground) as it appears in the sky; this happens all the time.

Answer 5

It doesn't; the comet's tail points AWAY from the Sun. The Sun's heat vaporized some of the volatile chemicals that are frozen on the comet's surface, and the "solar wind" carries the vapor away. We see the glowing vapor as the "tail" of the comet.

Answer 6

No, just the opposite. The tail always points away from the sun.

When the comet has passed perihelion and is headed back out, away from the sun,

the tail goes ahead of it.

Answer 7

The tail of a comet points away from the Sun.

Answer 8

No, it points away from the sun, even when the comet is moving away from the sun. The particles in the tail are blown by the solar wind.

Answer 9

Away from the sun it's orbiting. The solar wind is a stronger force on the ices and gases released from the comet body than the object's forward momentum.

Answer 10

A comet's tail points away from the Sun. When the comet is approaching the Sun, the tail is behind it. When the comet is moving away from the Sun, the "tail" is actually in front!