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Comets:
orbit the sun have very elliptical orbits
only have tails when close to the sun
are made of frozen gas and ice
have tails that point toward the sun

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Answer:

Orbit the sun

have very elliptical orbits

are made of frozen gas and ice

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

orbit the sun have very elliptical orbits

are made of frozen gas and ice

Step-by-step explanation:

Comets are the made up of dry ice, frozen water, gases and dust particles. it is called dirty snow balls as their nucleus carry frozen water and pieces of rock.

Comets move around the sun in an elliptical orbits and follow Kepler's Laws saying that they move faster when closer to the Sun.

Comets have tails even when they are far from the sun and the tails that point away from the sun.

Hence, the correct options are "orbit the sun have very elliptical orbits and are made of frozen gas and ice".

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