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It only depends on the mass and the speed it's travelling at.

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Q: Can a comets tail be more than 100 million kilometers?
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Can comets tail be miles long?

Most comet tails are millions of miles long, for example the Halley's comet, with a tail stretching 50 million kilometers. As well as the Great Comet of 1843, the tail reaching 2 AU in length. (One AU is about 150 000 000km)


Do comets or asteroids have a gas tail?

Comets!


How long is a comets tail?

A comet's tail can vary in length, but it can extend from tens of thousands to millions of kilometers. The tail is mainly composed of dust and gas particles that are released as the comet approaches the Sun and interaction with solar wind pushes the material away from the comet's nucleus.


What three things are comets made of?

Comets are made of mainly 3 parts -dust tail, ion tail and coma


This has a tail when it is near to the sun?

Comets


What are celestial comets?

Celestial comets is a more formal name for comets. Comets are objects in space orbiting the Sun with long orbits. They are thought to be made of frozen water. As they near the Sun they produce a long glowing tail trailing behind.


What did the tail of comet points?

A Comets tail points away from the sun.


Can a comets tail be hundreds of millions of kilometers long?

Sure. As a comet approaches the sun, the comet sheds some of its material, which trails behind it for millions of kilometers. It is this tail that is the most visible part of a comet. In fact, the word comet means "hairy star," referring to the long, streaming tail. In 1910, the earth actually passed through the tail of Halley's Comet.


Why do comets develop a tail?

because of their velocity


A comets tail points is where?

Away from the Sun.


What is a comets tail hardly made of?

gas


What do you call a comets tail?

Its called FRICTION