Multiple Choice
The hydrogen envelope of a bright comet is:
A) visible to the naked eye from Earth's surface.
B) not visible from Earth's surface because of atmospheric absorption, but it is visible to the naked eye from a spacecraft above the atmosphere.
C) created from water molecules that are broken apart by infrared radiation from the Sun.
D) visible in an ultraviolet telescope above Earth's atmosphere.
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