File:Comet Parts.svg

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Description This is an artist's concept of a comet dust trail and dust tail. The trail can only be seen in the light of radiated heat. The dust trail is made of particles that are the size of sand grains and pebbles. They are large enough that they are not affected much by the Sun's light and solar wind. The dust tail, on the other hand, is made of grains the size of cigarette-smoke particles. These grains are blown out of the dust coma near the comet nucleus by the Sun's light.
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Author NASA Ames Research Center/K. Jobse, P. Jenniskens
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current12:26, 28 December 2022Thumbnail for version as of 12:26, 28 December 20221,942 × 2,679 (525 KB)AspereFile uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for ko.
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10:43, 22 January 2016Thumbnail for version as of 10:43, 22 January 20161,942 × 2,679 (523 KB)PlanetUser{{Information | Description = This is an artist's concept of a comet dust trail and dust tail. The trail can only be seen in the light of radiated heat. The dust trail is made of particles that are the size of sand grains and pebbles. They are large en...

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