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What happens when comets near the sun?

A comet's tail lengthens as it approaches the sun due to greater solar winds. A comets tail always faces away from the sun.


Loose collection of rock and frozen gas that has a tail?

A comet


Why do the speed of the comets increase as they near the sun?

It gives off gas and dust in the form of a coma and a tail.


Why do you think that the speed of comets increase as they near the Sun?

It gives off gas and dust in the form of a coma and a tail.


Why do you think the speed of comets increase as they near the sun?

It gives off gas and dust in the form of a coma and a tail.


When a comet passes near the Sun part of it takes on the appearance of a large bright ball from which the tail extends.?

Agreed.


Why do you think that the speeds of comets increase as they near the sun?

It gives off gas and dust in the form of a coma and a tail.


When did Tail of the Sun happen?

Tail of the Sun happened in 1996.


Why is a comets tail is in front of the comet?

A comet's tail is always pointed away from the Sun due to the solar wind. As the comet moves closer to the Sun, solar radiation and solar wind push the dust and gas away from the comet, creating the tail that appears to extend ahead of the comet in its orbit.


What is made mainly of ice but has a tail near the sun?

A comet is made of ice and other materials and its tail points at the strongest point of gravity along its path. That means that while the tail will point in the direction of the sun most of the time, if it were to pass near a planet where there was a strong attraction it would point o wards the planet until the suns gravity was stronger again.


When was Tail of the Sun created?

Tail of the Sun was created on 1996-04-26.


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.