SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The tail consists of gas and dust that can extend hundreds of millions of kilometers away from the coma. Most comets actually have 2 tails: a plasma tail made of ionized gas, and a dust tail made of small solid particles. Comet tails point away from the Sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -A comet is made up of four visible parts: the nucleus, the coma, the ion tail, and the dust tail. The nucleus is a solid body typically a few kilometres in diameter and made up of a mixture of volatile ices (predominantly water ice) and silicate and organic dust particles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kind of like comets, asteroids are also small Solar System bodies that orbit the Sun. However they are made of rock and metal and do not have a visible tail like comets do. Asteroids are more like planets and moons.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The anatomy of a comet is split into three major areas. The first is the nucleus, which is the solid core of a comet’s body. The second part is the coma, which is the gas and dust floating around the nucleus. The third part of a comet is the tail, which only appears when the comet approaches the sun and begins to warm.