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A comet
Lydia Schulist
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Why is a comet called a dirty snowball?
The part before the tail it is fire then rock next snowball then last is the tail
Does the Big Dipper have a tail?
The "tail" is the handle of the Big Dipper.
A large cloud of dust and gas which escapes from the nucleus of an active comet?
Comets have two distinct tails that form as they approach and enter earth's atmosphere. The tail that looks gray is the water that is melting from the heat mixing with the dust and debris of the comet, which is essentially a rock. The second tail, usually a bright blue color is the ion tail. It is made up of negatively charged particles.
What is an icy rock that has bright tail when it comes close to the sun called?
You're fishing for "comet", but the setup of your riddle is defective.-- A comet need not necessarily be in orbit around the sun.Its appearance may be a once-in-eternity event.-- A comet only has a 'tail' during the small portion of its orbitwhen it's relatively near the sun.-- The whole notion of a "tail" is misleading. That particular whatchamacallitalways points away from the sun, so when the comet has rounded the sunand is headed out again, the so-called 'tail' goes in front of it.a comet
Does comet tail possible to can seen pointing towards earth?
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.
What is the mass of frozen rock and gas that has a tail pointing away from the sun is called?
It is a comet.
Are comets a solid liquid or gas?
Comets have three components - a tail, a coma, and a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. Mostly gas, the part of a comet visible from planet is the coma which is burning gas. Mind that "ice" does not refer only to frozen H2O but to any frozen gas.
What are frozen lumps of gas and rock?
Frozen lumps of gas and rock are known as comets. Comets heat up when passing close to the Sun, leaving a visible tail sometimes able to be seen from Earth.
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 has a frozen nucleus and can develop a glowing tail?
comets
Do all lizards loose their tail?
yes
This large body of frozen ice and rock sometimes forms what appears to be a bright glowing tail when it gets near the Sun?
The Sun is pretty hot, so all the ice quickly melt, and you can see a tail! It actually also happens sometimes on the Earth.
Can a bears tail break when frozen?
if its cold enough anything can break
What is a icy rock that has a tail?
comet
What rock has a long fiery tail?
to
Can a long tailed lizard just loose its tail?
yes
What happens if you have to amputate your cats tail?
Nothing much but they may loose some of their balance because balance is what the tail is there for.
