about comet

• Icy bodies that release gas and dust, forming a glowing tail.

• Made of ice, rock, and dust.

• Composition: Icy, frozen gases, other organic compound.

• Develop a tail when near the Sun.

• Origin: Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud.

• Shape: varied/irregular

• Orbit: Highly eliptical

• Example: Halley’s Comet.

• Appearance: glowing tail, coma