What mechanism controls the direction in which a comet's ion tail is aligned in space?
A) gravitational attraction of the tail material toward the giant planet Jupiter
B) flow of solar wind past the comet's head
C) tail's direction of motion because the tail simply trails behind the comet in its orbit
D) gravitational attraction of the tail material toward the Sun
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