in an elliptical (oval) orbit around the sun, with its tail pointing in the oposite direction of the sun.
There are two basic shapes for the orbits of comets: Elliptical if the comet returnsHyperbolic if it just comes by once and never returns again
Comets are small bodies of rock and ice which are in a highly eccentric orbit directly around our sun.
Comets in the solar system follow elliptical orbits around the Sun.
The Sun