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How does comets tails form?

The solar wind (energetic particles from the Sun) blows them off the nucleus, or comet body. If seeing is good, there are usually two tails, a gas tail and a dust tail.


Are comet tails mostly made up of sunlight?

Comet tails are made of ice and dust.


Can plasma be found in comet tails?

no


What two comet tails originate from?

What DO comet tails originate from? They are formed when the sun causes gas and dust to leave the comet, and are then swept away by solar winds. This is why that no matter which direction a comet is traveling, it's tail is always pointed awY from the sun.


Comet tails are mostly made of?

Comet tails are made mostly of _____.gas , i think?i got it from someone on wikianswers


What is small rocks in space left behind from comet tail?

Two things: 1. Comet tails do not follow along behind the comet. Comet tails always point away from the Sun. 2. Comets are not rocky, they are icy.


What is comet tails mostly made of?

dinosaurs


How do a comet's tails forme?

by ice chunks


Why comets have tails?

Because the comet is going so fast there looks like the comet has a tail.


Where in a comet's orbit will the tails be the longest?

the tails will be longest when it goes past the sun because of the light


What comet has a tail?

All comets have tails when their proximity to the sun is such that the icy debris in the comet is warmed enough to melt and fall away from the comet.


What part or parts of a comet come and go during a comet's orbit?

The tail. The tail is composed of gas and dust released from the comet nucleus when it approaches the Sun. Comet tails can be incredibly long, some as long as 150 million kilometers. As the comet recedes out into the Solar System away from the warmth of the Sun, it stops shedding dust and gas and the comet loses its tail.