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Solar radiation causes the water, frozen gases and other volatile materials within the comet to vaporize and stream out of the nucleus, carrying dust away with them. The streams of dust and gas thus released form a huge, extremely tenuous atmosphere around the comet called the coma, and the force exerted on the coma by the Sun's radiation pressure and solar wind cause an enormous tail to form, which points away from the sun.
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What is the possessive form of comet?
The possessive form of the noun comet is comet's. Example: The comet's appearance was calculated for three AM.
Loose collection of rock and frozen gas that has a tail?
A comet
What is the correct term for the halo light around a comet?
The Coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet. It is formed when the comet passes close to the Sun.
What was Meta comet's nickname?
Meta Comet (Chief of Wampanoag) also known as King Phillip to settlers
Is Halley's comet bigger than the moon?
No, Halley's comet is smaller than the Moon
Does the Tail of a comet form when it gets close enough to the sun to melt the nucleus?
Sort of. The nucleus get heated by solar radiation and warms up to the point where some of its ices delequess (they change from solid to gas directly without forming a liquid phase because of the low pressure in space) these come out of the nucleus in jets caring dusty particles form the comet along with them. These jets of gas from the tail. The nucleus does not melt unless the comet plunges into the Sun.
What is a ball of ice dust and gasses that travels through space and orbits the sun?
a comet/meteorite
Who is is better jets or giants?
Jets.
Is Halley's comet a planet or a comet?
It is a comet.
Why cant we live on a comet?
Comets are very cold objects with no atmospheres and very weak gravity. When they go close to the sun the violently eject jets of gas.
What was the comet seen by ancient Mesopotamians?
Halley's Comet
How does a comet begin?
The comet's tail is in front of the comet, not after
Which reindeer's name is also the name of a kitchen cleanser?
=The reindeer who's name is also the name of a kitchen cleanser is COMET=
How did the comet get its name?
from the greek word comet, meaning "to comet"
Is comet west real?
no comet west is not a real comet
What kind of comet is Halley's comet?
A short period comet.
What are the name of a comet's?
there's comet halley, comet hale-bop, comet borrelly, and Comet wild 2... that's all i can think now.
