File:Comet and tail animation.gif

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Comet_and_tail_animation.gif ‎(800 × 450 pixels, file size: 5.14 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 75 frames, 3.0 s)

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English: This animation portrays a comet as it approaches the inner solar system. Light from the Sun warms the comet core, an object so small it cannot be seen at this scale. Ices within the comet are vaporized by the heat, streaming out from the tiny core forming a giant halo, known as a 'coma' around it. Particles of dust, carried along with the gas, are blown out to form a tail that extends away from the Sun.
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Source https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21749
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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current12:15, 1 July 2019Thumbnail for version as of 12:15, 1 July 2019800 × 450 (5.14 MB)Huntster (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=This animation portrays a comet as it approaches the inner solar system. Light from the Sun warms the comet core, an object so small it cannot be seen at this scale. Ices within the comet are vaporized by the heat, streaming out from the tiny core forming a giant halo, known as a 'coma' around it. Particles of dust, carried along with the gas, are blown out to form a tail that extends away from the Sun.}} |Source=https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...

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