Consider the following diagram of a comet's orbit: What is illustrated about comets here?
A) Ionized cometary gases being pushed away from the coma by the pressure of the solar wind of charged particles coming from the sun emitted by the Sun.
B) The part of the comet where comets are most concentrated is in the part of the comet farthest from the sun.
C) Comets are like planets and revolve in regular orbitals around a single star.
D) Comets are hotter than the Sun which is why they have such a different appearance from the Sun.
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