A comet tail is a projection of material from a comet that often becomes visible when illuminated by the Sun, while the comet passes through the inner...
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The comet or comet-tailed goldfish is a single-tailed goldfish bred in the United States. It is similar to the common goldfish, except slightly smaller...
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times Earth's diameter, while the tail may stretch beyond one astronomical unit. If sufficiently close and bright, a comet may be seen from Earth without...
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and the mechanism of coma and tail formation. These observations supported several longstanding hypotheses about comet construction, particularly Fred...
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interacting with neutral atoms in the coma of the comet. The Ulysses spacecraft fortuitously crossed the comet's tail at a distance of more than 500 million km...
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Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest...
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) (redirect from Green Comet)
for millions of kilometers and, during January 2023, an anti-tail was also visible. The comet reached its perihelion on 12 January 2023, at a distance of...
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Like most comets, it has a very low albedo, reflecting only 4.6% of the light its nucleus receives, although comets generate a large coma and tail that can...
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−5.5, the comet was the second-brightest since 1935. Around perihelion on 12 January, it was visible worldwide in broad daylight. Its tail measured an...
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in almost identical orbits, and the comet re-appeared in the morning sky in late October, showing a very bright tail. By early 1966, it had faded from view...
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particles are left along the comet's orbital path while smaller particles are pushed away from the Sun into the comet's tail by light pressure. On 11 August...
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C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek) (redirect from Kohoutek comet)
Comet Kohoutek (pronounced "ko-HU-tek" /koʊˈhuːtɛk/, or "ko-ho-tek" /koʊhoʊtɛk/), formally designated as C/1973 E1, 1973 XII and 1973f, is a comet that...
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Aircraft tail, the empennage of an aircraft Comet tail, a visible part of a comet Tail recursion, a type of recursion in computer programming Tail rotor...
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Shubunkin with deeply forked, pointed tail fins and longer finnage all around. Its appearance is similar to the comet goldfish. Bristol Shubunkins - It is...
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3I/ATLAS (category Comets in 2025)
Kea showed a marginal coma and a short tail 3 arcseconds in angular length, which indicated the object is a comet. On 2 July 2025, the MPC announced the...
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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...
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sodium. The second twin tail was a golden color and was made of dust, like the tail of Comet Hale–Bopp.[citation needed] The comet was brighter than C/2011...
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2I/Borisov (redirect from Comet Borisov)
2019. The comet passed closest to Earth on 28 December 2019. In November 2019, astronomers from Yale University said that the comet's tail was 14 times...
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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) (redirect from Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, also known as the Great Comet of 2024 and formally designated as C/2023 A3, is a comet from the Oort cloud discovered by the...
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The comet tail sign is a radiological finding seen in chest CT. It refers to a specific appearance resembling a comet's tail, characterised by a bright...
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pH results in structures resembling comets, observed by fluorescence microscopy; the intensity of the comet tail relative to the head reflects the number...
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Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, is a long-period comet named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista...
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total length, with single-tailed breeds often exceeding 1 foot (0.30 m). Single-tailed varieties include common and comet goldfish. In many countries...
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of 5 and its tail measured about one degree in length. By the end of February the comet had brightened to a magnitude of 3.5 while its tail was about two...
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C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) (redirect from Comet C/2024 G3)
across and a straight tail. By 30 October 2024, the comet had an apparent magnitude of 11.9 per reported observations at the Comet Observation Database...
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Biela's Comet or Comet Biela (official designation: 3D/Biela) was a periodic Jupiter-family comet first recorded in 1772 by Montaigne and Messier and...
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C/1861 J1 (Tebbutt) (redirect from Great Comet of 1861)
000 mi). During the Earth close approach, the comet was estimated to be between magnitude 0 and −2 with a tail of over 90 angular degrees. As a result of...
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a small but distinct tail, consisting of two rays forming a parabola, when viewing through a comet seeker. In August, the comet was first sighted in the...
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direct-to-video 2021 My Little Pony: A New Generation Skye Silver, Glitter Cupcake, Comet Tail, Commercial Voice Voice 2022 Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem...
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An extinct comet is a comet that has expelled most of its volatile ice and has little left to form a tail and coma. In a dormant comet, rather than being...
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