A) The gravity of the sun pushes the tail away to get to the head of the comet.
B) The solar wind grabs the head and the tail drags behind.
C) The solar wind pushes the tail away from the sun
D) The speed of the wind in outer space blows it that way.
2007-06-25 11:24:00 · 15 answers · asked by Lamon 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
C
2007-06-25 11:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by DT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this doesn't answer your question, but the answer is E. None of the above. A comet's tail goes away from the sun because comets are made of ice. Because of solar radiation, the ice melts causing water droplets to form and create a tail as the comet is moving. The closer to the sun, the longer the tail.
2007-06-26 02:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by neophan2002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C-the solar wind pushes the tail away from the Sun
2007-06-25 11:28:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is that the tail only exists because of the suns gravity. Gravity creates friction with the comet form course and it sheds some of its mass in the form of a tail. Comets do not have a tail in the deep space.
2007-06-27 09:24:09 · answer #4 · answered by Kirk Rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ionized/plasmatic component of comet tails are always radially oriented in respect to the Sun. The plasma tail of a comet is always precisely radial to the Sun because it is formed by interactions between the comet's nucleus and the solar wind.
2007-06-25 11:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by Einstein 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A comet's "tail" is NOT made of plasma. The "tail" is made of dust and microscopic ice particles that were "boiled" off of the comet by the sun's heat and pushed away from the sun by the solar wind. .
2016-04-01 04:14:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
C)...It's the Solar Wind pushing the tail away.
2007-06-25 11:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So I'm guessing that since you have so many rather simple (and obviously homework) questions posted, that you haven't been doing your homework and since school is almost over for the year you're trying to catch up.
All the answers to the questions you posted are in your school books if you read them.
And this one is C.
2007-06-25 15:27:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is obviously a homework question, the way its worded. Why dont you just read the chapter in the book where this question was located, rather than have others do your work?
2007-06-25 14:58:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer C is correct.
2007-06-25 13:34:15 · answer #10 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi C? Si!
2007-06-25 11:29:41 · answer #11 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋