| Consider the following statements. |
| 1. Comets have highly elliptical orbits that bring them very close to the Sun and swing them deeply into space, often beyond the orbit of Pluto. |
| 2. Solar wind is responsible for the formation of tails in comets, since solar winds goes away from the Sun. |
| Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? |
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither1nor 2
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
[c] A comet is an icy small solar system body that where passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to out gas displaying a visible atmosphere or coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of sotar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet. The solar wind s a stream of plasma released from the upper atmosphere to the Sun. It consists of mostly electrons and protons with energies usually between \[1.5\,\,an\lambda \,\,10\]ekv
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