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    Which Direction Do a Comet's Dust and Plasma Tails Point
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Which Direction Do a Comet's Dust and Plasma Tails Point

Question 84

Question 84

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Which direction do a comet's dust and plasma tails point?


A) perpendicular to the ecliptic plane
B) always almost due north
C) straight behind the comet in its orbit
D) generally away from the Sun

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