Comet bow wave, illustration. The comet's forward motion (blue arrow) creates a bow wave (red circles) in the surrounding medium of the solar wind (yellow). The comet's tail is at right, streaming away from the Sun. Comets are icy bodies from the outer solar system that boil and form a bright tail of gas and dust as they approach the Sun. | |
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