SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Comet tails will always point away from the sun because of the radiation pressure of sunlight. The force from sunlight on the small dust particles pushing them away from the sun is greater than the force of gravity acting in the direction toward the sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gases escaping from the comet are ionized by the ultraviolet photons from the Sun. Once they are ionized, the solar wind carries them straight outward away from the Sun. These gases form the plasma tail.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comet tails are produced through interaction with either the solar wind or photons of sunlight. This means that they always point away from the direction of the Sun and hence, after perihelion, they lead the comet in its orbit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Intense heat vaporizes the frozen gases and releases the dust within, which streams behind the comet, forming two distinct tails: an ion tail carried by the solar wind-the constant flow of charged particles from the Sun-and a dust tail.

Detailed explanation-5: -A comet tail-and coma-are features visible in comets when they are illuminated by the Sun and may become visible from Earth when a comet passes through the inner Solar System.