SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -A Comet Has Two Types of Tail One is a plasma trail, which draws a straight line like a broomstick. The other is a dust tail, which opens like the bristles on a broom. The plasma tail comprises electrons and ions that are ionized by the sun’s ultraviolet radiation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tail of comets appears as a Tyndall cone because of the scattering of light by the tiny solid particles that are left behind by the comet in its route. We can define the Tyndall effect as the phenomenon of scattering of particles of light in its path.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is that fuzzy streak extending from Mercury? Long exposures of our Solar System’s innermost planet may reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury’s thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun.

Detailed explanation-4: -Comets are mostly found way out in the solar system. Some exist in a wide disk beyond the orbit of Neptune called the Kuiper Belt. We call these short-period comets. They take less than 200 years to orbit the Sun.

Detailed explanation-5: -Comets have two main tails, a dust tail and a plasma tail. The dust tail appears whitish-yellow because it is made up of tiny particles-about the size of particles of smoke-that reflect sunlight. Dust tails are typically between 1 and 10 million kilometers (about 600, 000 to 6 million miles) long.