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What BEST completes the following sentence.The dust and gas that escapes from a comet creates a/an _____________________________.

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The dust and gases that escape from a comet creates a coma.

Coma can also be defined as an unclear envelope around the comet, formed when the comet passes near the sun. Sun temperature melts the comet ice and thus give comet a fuzzy appearance when viewed telescope and distinguishes it from a star.

This technique can be useful to find the size of the comet of different size

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