UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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Question
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When a comet is near the SUN and ACTIVE their parts are distinct.
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True
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False-When a comet is far from the SUN and ACTIVE their parts are distinct.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The comet nucleus is the dirty snowball that is essentially the entire comet when it is frozen and far from the Sun. The coma is a large, dusty atmosphere surrounding the nucleus, made up of sublimated gas mixed with dust.
Detailed explanation-2: -A comet becomes visible to us when they come close to the sun because the sun’s rays makes the gas glow which then spreads to form a tail millions of kilometer long.
Detailed explanation-3: -"It’s a process of attrition, ‘’ says Watson. “A comet gets slightly smaller each time it comes around.” Comets that travel very close to the Sun are known as ‘sungrazers’.
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