The dust tail of a comet has which group of characteristics?
A) spherical, very large, and of low brightness, centered on the comet nucleus, showing up only on UV photographs
B) curved, wide, and without structure, but thin and transparent to starlight
C) long, straight, structured, and pointed directly away from the Sun
D) narrow and straight and pointed directly at the Sun at all times
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