Dust Tail, Cometary

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5224. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Comets

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The part of a comet consisting of dust grains, carried away from the nucleus by the outflow of gas from the coma during a close approach to the Sun, which are propelled away from the comet's head by radiation pressure. Not all comets develop a dust tail (or a gas tail), but both types of tail always point away from the Sun. The combined effects of radiation pressure and the Sun's gravity acting o...

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