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Description: The Structure of a Comet The solid part of a typical comet (the nucleus) is roughly 10 km in diameter. The coma can be as large as 105 to 106 km across, and the hydrogen envelope is typically 107 km in diameter. A comet’s tail can be enormous—even longer than 1 AU Picture Stats: Views: 658 Filesize: 129.04kB Height: 664 Width: 871 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=18315 |