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The coma of a comet is formed due to melting of the comet's nucleus by the Sun's energy. This creates a cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the nucleus and forms the visible atmosphere of the comet.
The tail of a comet is longest when the comet is closest to the sun, as the sun's heat causes the comet's icy surface to vaporize, creating a bright glowing tail that streams away from the comet.
The tail is actually moving away from the comet. The solar wind pushes the dust and ice particles away from the comet as it melts. The ice particles reflects the light from the sun allowing us to see the tail. In fact, the comet's tail is never behind it. It is always to one side of its direction of travel.
Venus is a planet, not a comet, so it does not have a tail.
The coma, the nucleus, and the tail are the parts of a comet after the tail has formed.
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A comet's tail is formed when the Sun's radiation and the pressure of light drive the very thin gases and very small particles that form the head of a comet away from the head.
The coma of a comet is formed due to melting of the comet's nucleus by the Sun's energy. This creates a cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the nucleus and forms the visible atmosphere of the comet.
The comet's tail is in front of the comet, not after
The tail of a comet is longest when the comet is closest to the sun, as the sun's heat causes the comet's icy surface to vaporize, creating a bright glowing tail that streams away from the comet.
Yes it does. The tail is formed from the cosmic 'wind' hitting the comet as it comes close to the Sun. Since the cosmic wind is always blowing away from the Sun's surface - the comet's tail will always stream away from the Sun.
The tail is actually moving away from the comet. The solar wind pushes the dust and ice particles away from the comet as it melts. The ice particles reflects the light from the sun allowing us to see the tail. In fact, the comet's tail is never behind it. It is always to one side of its direction of travel.
In the Tail of a Comet was created on 2000-04-25.