Gas Tail, Cometary

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5221. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Comets

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The part of a comet consisting of ions and electrons formed from gas molecules expelled from the comet during a close approach to the Sun; also known as an ion tail or plasma tail. The molecules are ionized by ultraviolet light from the Sun and drawn away from the head of the comet by the solar wind. Not all comets develop a gas tail (or a dust tail), but both types of tail always point away from...

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