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What is the two tail of a comet made of?
The tail of a comet is made up of dust and gas. The dust tail is composed of particles that reflect sunlight, while the gas tail is made up of ionized gas that is pushed away from the comet by the solar wind.
What three things make up a comet?
That depends. What are you asking, the parts of a comet or the composition of a comet? For the parts, there is the nucleus, which is the very center of the comet and what it is actually made of, then the coma surrounds the nucleus, then the tail trails behind it. A comet's nucleus is made up of dirty ice and rock. The tail is often made of gas or dust. Sometimes the comet has two tails, one of dust and one of gas. Hope this helps! :)
What does a comet's ion tail consist of?
An ion tail is made of electrically charged particles and a dust tail is made of dust. Also, an ion tail will always point away from the sun because of the solar winds, while a dust tail tends to follow the comet's orbit and doesn't always point away from the sun.
Why are there two tails to some comets?
A comet generally has two tails, not one. One tail is due to the comet's dust particles, the other is due to ionized gas from the comet coma. Dust particles form the first tail. The only force that affects these small particles in space is the radiation from the Sun. This radiation pushes the tiny dust particles in the direction from which they came. Thus, this comet tail generally points back along the comet trajectory. Ions which first come from the nucleus as neutral gaseous particles, are swept into the second comet tail by interaction with the Sun's magnetic field. This field sweeps past the comet nucleus and carries the ions with it to form the tail. Because of the special interaction with the magnetic field, this tail always points directly away from the Sun.(check the related link for an image)
How many tails does Halley's comet have?
all comets have two tail one is an ion tail made of gas the other is a dust tail made of dust. which means Halley's comet has two tails. :) that's true what the person up there said.. but im doing a project on comets and i searched on Google images for its composition[whats it made of] and it said the was an Ion Tail, a Dust Tail, and a Hydrogen Envelope. the ion tail and the dust tail are right but i have no idea about the hydrogen envelope. confusedd .. Well the first dude is right because i researed it and it said that so ya
How long can dust tail of a comet get?
5'4" is the biggest one and the smallest one is 3'3"
What is the two tail of a comet made of?
The tail of a comet is made up of dust and gas. The dust tail is composed of particles that reflect sunlight, while the gas tail is made up of ionized gas that is pushed away from the comet by the solar wind.
What is a tail of a comet made out of?
A comet actually has two tails, one of dust (the visible one) and one of ionized gas. The dust tail is affected by the sun's gravity, and may be slightly curved. The ion tail always points directly away from the sun in response to the Solar wind.
What three things make up a comet?
That depends. What are you asking, the parts of a comet or the composition of a comet? For the parts, there is the nucleus, which is the very center of the comet and what it is actually made of, then the coma surrounds the nucleus, then the tail trails behind it. A comet's nucleus is made up of dirty ice and rock. The tail is often made of gas or dust. Sometimes the comet has two tails, one of dust and one of gas. Hope this helps! :)
What does a comet's ion tail consist of?
An ion tail is made of electrically charged particles and a dust tail is made of dust. Also, an ion tail will always point away from the sun because of the solar winds, while a dust tail tends to follow the comet's orbit and doesn't always point away from the sun.
Why are there two tails to some comets?
A comet generally has two tails, not one. One tail is due to the comet's dust particles, the other is due to ionized gas from the comet coma. Dust particles form the first tail. The only force that affects these small particles in space is the radiation from the Sun. This radiation pushes the tiny dust particles in the direction from which they came. Thus, this comet tail generally points back along the comet trajectory. Ions which first come from the nucleus as neutral gaseous particles, are swept into the second comet tail by interaction with the Sun's magnetic field. This field sweeps past the comet nucleus and carries the ions with it to form the tail. Because of the special interaction with the magnetic field, this tail always points directly away from the Sun.(check the related link for an image)
How do you expect a meteor shower?
Meteor "showers" happen when the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet, or where a comet once was. Most of the meteors are dust-sized, and when a comet approaches the Sun, the Sun's heat and light melt some of its ice and blow the dust and vapor into the "tail" of the comet.But the dust continues along in the same orbit as the comet; just a little slower.The ancient comet's orbit passes near the Earth at one spot along the Earth's orbit, and the Earth goes through pretty much the same path each year. So meteor "showers" happen on the same day each year.
What is a meteors storm?
Each time a comet comes near the Sun, the dust and debris from a comet passing near the Sun are pushed out a LITTLE bit from the head of the comet, but MOST of the dust and rocks from the comet continue along in pretty much the same orbit as before. Over the centuries, the trail of dust and rocks spreads out along the orbit to fill in the entire orbital path. When the Earth's orbit crosses any part of the comet's orbit, we have "meteor showers". Most meteors are the size of a grain of sand, and the "average" meteor is about the size of a grain of rice; a meteor the size of a Golf ball is pretty big, and meteors like the one that exploded over Russia in March, 2013 are enormous..
How many tails does Halley's comet have?
all comets have two tail one is an ion tail made of gas the other is a dust tail made of dust. which means Halley's comet has two tails. :) that's true what the person up there said.. but im doing a project on comets and i searched on Google images for its composition[whats it made of] and it said the was an Ion Tail, a Dust Tail, and a Hydrogen Envelope. the ion tail and the dust tail are right but i have no idea about the hydrogen envelope. confusedd .. Well the first dude is right because i researed it and it said that so ya
Why does the comet tail point away from the sun?
The sun ejects solar winds which move much faster than any comet. This causes a stream of material (the tail) to point away from the Sun, irrespective of the direction the comet is travelling. The Sun's radiation may also have an effect. (Source: Wikipedia)Bad definition!
What are comets tails made up of?
Comet tails are made of parts of the comet, such as ice and water vapor, pieces of rock and dust, and whatever else the comet itself happens to be made of that have broken or evaporated off due to solar wind. This is why the comet trail always trails in a direction that is directly opposite from the sun and not necessarily directly behind the path of the comet itself. A comet can also have two types of tails. A dust tail, and ion tail. The ion tail is made of electrically charged particles...ions. The center of a comet is called a nucleus.
In which direction are the two types of comet tails pointing and what is pushing them in that direction?
From: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/tail.html&edu=high : One tail is due to the comet's dust particles, the other is due to ionized gas from the comet coma. Dust particles form the first tail. The only force which affects these small particles in space is corpuscular radiation from the Sun itself. This radiation pushes the tiny dust particles in the direction from which they came, the way wind can blow rain droplets at an angle. Cometary dust particles can be thought of as billowing up from the comet's surface. Thus, this comet tail generally points back along the comet trajectory. Ions (electrically charged particles), which first come from the nucleus as (neutral) gaseous particles, are swept into the second comet tail by interaction with the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF). The IMF, or magnetic field of the sun, which is present everywhere in interplanetary space, sweeps past the comet nucleus and carries the ions with it to form the tail. Because of this special interaction with the IMF, this tail always points directly away from the Sun"
