Multiple Choice
The coma of a comet glows because:
A) of heating produced by radioactive decay in the interior of the comet.
B) atoms become neutral within the coma.
C) of heating and sublimation of the comet's nucleus by sunlight.
D) of refraction by dust grains.
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