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What is the name of the celestial form that is made of frozen gases and solid rock?

The celestial form made of frozen gases and solid rock is called a comet. Comets typically have a nucleus of rock and ice surrounded by a glowing coma and sometimes a tail when they come close to the sun.


What are frozen balls of ice gas and rock in space called?

Frozen balls of ice, gas, and rock in space are called comets. These celestial bodies typically have highly elliptical orbits that bring them close to the Sun, where heat causes them to develop a glowing coma and tail.


What is the large body of frozen ice and rock that travels toward the center of the solar system?

A comet is a large body of frozen ice and rock that travels towards the center of the solar system. It orbits the sun in an elongated path, and as it gets closer to the sun, the heat causes the ice and rock to vaporize, creating a glowing tail that points away from the sun.


A lump of ice rock frozen gas and dust that orbits the sun?

That description matches that of a comet. Comets are celestial bodies made of ice, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun in elongated elliptical paths. When a comet gets close to the Sun, the heat causes the icy materials to vaporize, creating a glowing coma and sometimes a tail.


What is the ball of dirty ice orbiting the sun?

The ball of dirty ice orbiting the sun is a comet. Comets are made up of dust, rock, and frozen gases such as water, methane, and ammonia. When they get closer to the sun, they heat up and release gas and dust, creating a glowing tail.

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A loose collection of ice and rocky particles with a long narrow orbit?

This description matches that of a comet. Comets are composed of ice, rock, dust, and frozen gases, and form a glowing coma and tail when they approach the Sun due to the heating and outgassing of these volatile components.


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 in space are commonly referred to as comets. Comets are composed of ice, dust, gas, and rocky particles, often forming a visible tail as they approach the Sun and begin to vaporize.


What is the name of the celestial form that is made of frozen gases and solid rock?

The celestial form made of frozen gases and solid rock is called a comet. Comets typically have a nucleus of rock and ice surrounded by a glowing coma and sometimes a tail when they come close to the sun.


What are frozen balls of ice gas and rock in space called?

Frozen balls of ice, gas, and rock in space are called comets. These celestial bodies typically have highly elliptical orbits that bring them close to the Sun, where heat causes them to develop a glowing coma and tail.


Described as a dirty snowball what is composed of ice frozen gases and rock?

A dirty snowball is a comet, which is composed of ice, frozen gases (such as carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia), and rock. When a comet travels close to the Sun, the heat causes the ices to vaporize, creating the tail that we see 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.


Do all lizards loose their tail?

yes


What is a space object formed from dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water methane and ammonia that forms a bright coma as it approaches the sun?

A space object formed from dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water, methane, and ammonia that forms a bright coma as it approaches the sun is a comet.


What is the large body of frozen ice and rock that travels toward the center of the solar system?

A comet is a large body of frozen ice and rock that travels towards the center of the solar system. It orbits the sun in an elongated path, and as it gets closer to the sun, the heat causes the ice and rock to vaporize, creating a glowing tail that points away from the sun.


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.