a clout of gases around the solid portion of a comet is know as the _______.?

Question

a)coma
b)core
c)heart
d)nucleus

Answer 1

a) coma
The streams of dust and gas thus released form a very large, extremely tenuous atmosphere around the comet called the COMA, and the force exerted on the coma by the Sun's radiation pressure and solar wind cause an enormous tail to form, which points away from the sun.
While the solid body of comets (called the NUCLEUS) is generally less than 50 km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and ion tails have been observed to extend 1 astronomical unit (150 million km) or more.

Answer 2

A ; COMA;

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Answer 3

Coma.

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Answer 4

A