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What is the glowing head of comets called?
It is called a Coma.
Why don't asteroids and meteors do not have a coma?
Because they do not have volatiles in them to form a coma as to comets.
What size is halleys Comet?
big
What are the 3 parts of comets?
Nucleus coma tail
What are the parts to comets?
1-nucleus 2-coma 3-tail
What three things are comets made of?
Comets are made of mainly 3 parts -dust tail, ion tail and coma
When will you be able to see a comets coma?
When you hit it very hard over the head.
How are meteorides and comets different?
comets have a halo/coma/tail surrounding and behind it caused by evaporation of ice. Metorides dont have this. Comets have high eccentrical orbits, meteroides not as much.
Are there any comets other than Halleys comet?
Yes, there are many comets other than Halley's comet. Comets are icy bodies that orbit the Sun and often have elongated orbits that bring them close to the Sun. Some well-known comets include Hale-Bopp, Comet NEOWISE, and Comet Lovejoy.
Why comets show a perceptible coma while asteroids do not?
Beacuse asteroids are chunks of solid rock - Comets are primarily lumps of ice - which melts as it nears the sun !
What do you call a clould of dust and gas that forms around a comets nucleus do to solar heating?
coma
What is the coma of comets?
A cloud of gas surrounding the nucleus.
