What is the tail of a comet made of

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Oto · Answer 1 · 2019-08-21T03:40:46+0000

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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