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To: 12th_Monkey

Way cool!
Minor point: As I understand it, comets do not “trail” a tail. The tail always points towards the Sun, regardless of the comet’s direction of travel.


12 posted on 01/21/2014 12:08:07 PM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: Ignatz
The tail always points towards the Sun, regardless of the comet’s direction of travel.

...pushes it away from the sun. Solar winds push the lighter gasses and debris away as the nuclease while the comet gravity holds it in trail.

15 posted on 01/21/2014 12:09:48 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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To: Ignatz

Hmmm, not sure about that.

The sun heats the surface creating a coma. the out gassing and particles from the comet surface are blown back by the solar wind creating a tail.


17 posted on 01/21/2014 12:22:35 PM PST by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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