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4. A rocky object falls into an elliptical orbit of the sun from the Kuiper belt. As it circles closer to the sun, some materials start to jet out and are pushed away from the sun. It is flung out further away and loses its tail before losing velocity, and beginning to fall again towards the sun. Is it a comet or an asteroid, and why does this tail appear behind it?

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Answer: its an asteroid asteroids are made of things like different types of rocks and metal while comets are made of ice and dust

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