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What is the tail of a comet made of
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What is the tail of a comet made of

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Comet tails point away from the sun!

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The tail consists of gas and dust that can extend hundreds of millions of kilometers away from the coma. Most comets actually have 2 tails: a plasma tail made of ionizedgas, and a dust tail made of small solidparticles. Comet tails point away from the Sun.
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