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  2. Comet tail - Wikipedia

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    A comet tail and coma are visible features of a comet when they are illuminated by the Sun and may become visible from Earth when a comet passes through the inner Solar System. As a comet approaches the inner Solar System, solar radiation causes the volatile materials within the comet to vaporize and stream out of the nucleus, carrying dust ...

  3. Comet Hyakutake - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, two teams independently analyzed the same event. The magnetometer team realized that the changes in the direction of the magnetic field mentioned above agreed with the "draping" pattern expected in a comet's ion, or plasma tail. The magnetometer team looked for likely suspects.

  4. Comet NEOWISE - Wikipedia

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    The second twin tail was a golden color and was made of dust, like the tail of Comet Hale–Bopp. The comet was brighter than C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS), [citation needed] but not as bright as Hale–Bopp was in 1997. After perihelion, the comet began to fade, dropping to magnitude 2 in mid-July. [15]

  5. Watch the sky, the 'devil comet' is passing by the earth ...

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    The comet is officially named for the astronomers credited with its first two sightings: ... creating a glowing head and trailing tail. The current number of known comets is about 3,910, ...

  6. Rare comet may be visible to the naked eye. Here's ... - AOL

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    The tail, which is largely comprised of tiny pieces of ice and dust, is believed to be as long as 18 million miles. C/2023 A3 was briefly and barely visible last week in the early morning sky.

  7. Photos show once-in-a-lifetime comet over Ohio. There's still ...

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    500mm shot of Comet Atlas last night over Ohio. I still can't get over how long the tail is and likely the best comet I'll see in my lifetime.

  8. List of comets by type - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of comets (bodies that travel in elliptical, parabolic, and sometimes hyperbolic orbits and display a tail behind them) listed by type. Comets are sorted into four categories: periodic comets (e.g. Halley's Comet), non-periodic comets (e.g. Comet Hale–Bopp), comets with no meaningful orbit (the Great Comet of 1106), and lost comets (), displayed as either P (periodic), C (non ...

  9. Comet Hale–Bopp - Wikipedia

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    Comet Hale–Bopp's neutral sodium tail (the straight tail extending up to the left from the nucleus) [47] One of the most remarkable discoveries was that the comet had a third type of tail. In addition to the well-known gas and dust tails, Hale–Bopp also exhibited a faint sodium tail, only visible with powerful instruments with dedicated ...