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Assorted gasses like carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, plus dust.
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Why don't the rocks from tail of a connet fall on the earth?
Sometimes they do; that's what a "meteor shower" is. The point is that all of the rocks and dust given off by a comet, and the head of the comet too, travel the way gravity and the light pressure of the Sun force them to. The head of the comet is freely falling towards the Sun. (if a comet gets close enough to a planet, the gravity of the planet becomes significant, and sometimes the comet will collide with the planet; look at Shoemaker-Levy 9, which hit Jupiter in 1994.) As the heat of the Sun begins to melt the ices of the comet, gas and dust escape from the comet. Because the gas molecules and dust particles are very light, the pressure of the Sun's light pushes them away from the comet; this forms the "tail" of the comet. Over the course of thousands of orbits, the gas and dust spreads out to fill in much of the orbit of the comet. Where the Earth's orbit intersects the comet's orbit, we see annual meteor showers.
What is a big ball of dirty ice and snow in outer space?
Such objects can have several different names, depending on their location in the solar system and/or their characteristics. If the object is close enough to the sun to off-gas some ice or other volatile compounds, it is a comet. If it orbits the sun, inside the orbit of the outermost planet, it may be a meteoroid or asteroid, depending on the size. If it lies outside the planetary orbit, it may be a Kuiper Belt Object. If it orbits a planet, it may be a moon, if its big enough, or part of a ring system, if it's small, and accompanied by many other similar objects.
How do you get comet off carpet?
If by comet you mean the abrasive cleaning powder, it is water soluble; just wash it. Carpets are not necessarily that easy to wash, however, moisten the comet and soak it up with a paper towel, that should work. If it was "dry" when spilled, just vacuum it up!
When a star moves toward the earth light that it gives off is what color?
Well I think you mean a comet, because stars are not moving to the earth, and the tail of the comet would be red or blue depends on which side your looking at it.
What does change in altitude mean?
Means something that is moving either closer or further away from ground or sea level. An aircraft taking off and climbing will experience a change in altitude. when it comes down to land it'll experience another.
How a comet changes when it comes close to the Sun.?
As a comet nears the sun, a tail forms from the solar wind blowing off dust particles from the comet. The tail lengthens as the solar wind intensifies and the comet approaches closer and closer. In some cases, comets have been known to collide with the sun, fragment, or completely burn away due to the sun.
Why does the length of the comet tail increase as it approaches the Sun?
More material is boiled off the comet as it gets nearer to the hot sun and so the comet tail grows.
Do comets appear darker or lighter as they get closer to the sun?
Comets get brighter the closer they get to the sun for two reasons: the sunlight is brighter closer to the sun than it is further away and the comet heats up closer to the sun causing outgassing and the formation of a large coma composed of dust particles and gas around the comet itself giving a much larger area for sunlight to reflect off of.
When was Off on a Comet created?
Off on a Comet was created in 1877.
How does ben get the omnitricks?
he gets it from the crashed comet. it jumps out from the rock and attaches itself upon his rist and will not come off
Who wrote off on a comet?
Jules Verne wrote Off on a Comet.
Why do comets have a tail when they are close to the sun?
The comet's tail forms as it approaches the Sun because the Sun warms the comet up and it starts to sublimate. That cloud of gas that forms the tail points away from the Sun because of the force of the Solar Winds that are generated by the Sun's emmisions into space.
Why do comets tail always stream away from the sun?
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.
What happens to the comets tail as it gets closer to the sun?
The increased solar wind pushes off more and more vapor and dust from the nucleus of the comet, and the tail stretches out further into space - 200 million miles is not uncommon. But even at that, the amount of solids in a cometary tail of that length is estimated to be less than would fill a standard size suitcase. One astronomer observed that a comet's tail was "as close as you can get to absolutely nothing, and still have something".
How do after school sports help you from staying out of trouble?
it gets you closer to the teachers making it more likely for the to leave you off with a warning
If a guy gets a bonner in the pool an comes will it kill it?
yes it will drop off and float
What gives comets there tails?
A comet contains a lot of rocks and frozen water. As the comet approaches the sun, it starts to get warmer. The water on its surface begins to evaporate. The solar wind blows it away from the comet. When the water vapor gets away from the comet, it turns into water or ice. People can not see water vapor. They can see drops of water and ice. The evaporated water vapor streams behind the comet carried by the solar wind. The comet comes close to the sun and then goes back. The solar wind keeps blowing its tail away from the direction of the sun.
