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2. The dust and gas that escapes from a comet creates a/an _____________.

(astronomy is not listed as a subject option, so I used biology)

a. Meteor

b. Asteroid

c. Second comet

d. Coma

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Answer:

Such a cloud, termed a coma, is a distinguishing feature of comets and consists of gases and entrained dust escaping from the cometary nucleus when sunlight causes its ices to sublimate.

ans- d

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