Oh, now that's a happy little question! Comets have tails because as they journey through space, they get heated up by the sun. This heat causes the comet's icy particles to vaporize and then they are blown away by solar wind, creating that beautiful tail that we see from Earth. So remember, even with a tail, comets are just joyfully dancing across the night sky.
The mass of material with a long tail that travels around the sun is called a comet. Comets are composed of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The tail of a comet is formed when it gets closer to the sun, and the heat causes the ice to vaporize and create a glowing tail. The mass of a comet can range from a few million kilograms to billions of kilograms.
Those astronomical objects are called comets.
A heavenly body with a fiery tail is called a comet. Comets are icy bodies that heat up and release gas and dust as they approach the Sun, creating a glowing tail that can be seen from Earth.
Comets do not gain mass with each orbit around the sun. Their mass remains relatively constant as they travel through space. However, comets may lose mass gradually over time as they release volatile materials such as water vapor and dust, which form the comet's tail.
No. The light we see from comets is reflected sunlight. Comets are composed of ice and dust, and do not give off any radiation, visible or otherwise. Because of their high ice content, and the water vapor they trail as they travel toward the sun, they are highly reflective.
Comets!
Comets are made of mainly 3 parts -dust tail, ion tail and coma
Comets
A Comets tail points away from the sun.
because of their velocity
Away from the Sun.
gas
Its called FRICTION
you can tell a comet as it has a tail of ice
Nucleus coma tail
its tail of ice
Comets and asteroids are the same, but differ in the fact that comets have surface activity with their characteristic tail.