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Comets are usually made of high amounts of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Water, and also may contain Silica, traces of metal, and oxygen, like a giant dirty snow ball. In space as the cosmic radiation smashes into the comet at near speeds of light and heats the outer layer, bits and pieces fall off and trail behind the comet. For a relatively short while, the chunks fortunate to stay in fairly good sizes or obscured from the light by other chunks or dust, are able to maintain these materials. After gases sublimate and and break down into neutrinos and electrons and such things. The remains are the tougher elements such as silica and metal, However after a while these eventually break up also.
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What are 3 parts of a comet?
The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, coma, and tail. The nucleus is the head of the comet, the coma is the middle, and the tail is the end of the comet.
Loose collection of rock and frozen gas that has a tail?
A comet
What is made out of gas and dust particles and has a long tail that always points away from the Sun?
A comet
What creates solar wind?
comet tail
What is a heavenly body with a fiery tail called?
Comet
What gives Comet their tails?
The tail of the comet is made up of melting ice. When the comet gets close to the sun, the melted ice becomes the gaseous tail.
Gives comets their tails?
The tail of the comet is made up of melting ice. When the comet gets close to the sun, the melted ice becomes the gaseous tail.
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.
What object has a tail made of gases and dust?
A comet is an object that has a tail made of gases and dust.
What is the two tail of a comet made of?
One tail is gas, and the other ice. The darker, colored tail is gas, and the white easy-to-see tail is ice.
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.
What is a comet gas cloud?
comaThe tail. This is comprised of whatever the comet was made of, but is now being burnt off by the sun. ( the tail of a comet always points away from the sun.)
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! :)
How does a comets tail form?
It is formed from gas and ice and dust. A comet is from a asteroid belt. It is between Mars and Jupiter and is home to many comets. The tail of a comet is made up of gas and dust and ice. Comet means long haired star because its tail is so long.
How does a comet begin?
The comet's tail is in front of the comet, not after
What are the parts of a comet after it forms a tail?
The coma, the nucleus, and the tail are the parts of a comet after the tail has formed.
Is the nucleus of a comet made of ice?
Yes a nucleus of a comet is made of ice because a comet nuclei are loose collections of ice, we need to break down the three main parts of a comet a nucleus, coma, and the tail.
