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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.

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A comet usually has two tails, though only one - the vapor trail - is commonly seen from earth (the other is a gas trail). It is made of vapor blown off from the comet by the solar wind - it is mostly water vapor, but contains many other molecular substances, too - ammonia, cyanide, methane, etc.

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light reflecting ice and dust so ice and dust

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It is mostly made up of GAS.

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melted materials

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gas

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Why do comments have tails?

Why do comets have tails


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.


Are comets made from the leftover matter from the formation of the sun?

Comets are made up of left over matter from the formation of the solar system.


Do all comets have tails?

Because they aren't traveling towards the sun. Comet tails are caused by debries being burned off.


What objects have tails that are often several million kilometres long?

Comets

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What are comet tails mostly made up of?

Dust and gas


What makes up the tails of comets?

rocks and dust


Why do comments have tails?

Why do comets have tails


Do asteroids tails burn?

No, they do not burn only comets have tails.


Why a comets tail always points away from the Sun.?

Does it? 2nd Answer: Of course comets tails point away from the Sun!!! The "tail" is made of varying sizes of ice particles and chunks. The solar wind (a faint outstreaming of solar material) pushes comets' tails out, away from the sun.


Do only comets have tails or no?

yes


Do meteorites have tails?

No, that would be comets.


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 is the balls of ice in the sky with tails?

Comets


In what direction do coment tails point?

Away from the sun. The radiation blows the 'boil off', as comets are made of dirty snowballs.


When are comets tails present?

When they reach the inner solar system.


How long are the tails of comets?

It depends on how fast the comet is going.