Comets consist of frozen gases, rock and dust. As a comet gets closer to the Sun, some of the ice starts to boil off, along with particles of dust. That erosion creates a cloud around the nucleus. That trailing cloud is called...
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Comets consist of frozen gases, rock and dust. As a comet gets closer to the Sun, some of the ice starts to boil off, along with particles of dust. That erosion creates a cloud around the nucleus. That trailing cloud is called...
Coma: a diffuse cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.