What eventually happens to a comet when its orbit brings it into the inner Solar System?
A) It builds up speed and increases its orbital period.
B) It is vaporized by the Sun, becoming inactive rock and dust.
C) It is pulled in by the gravitation forces of a Terrestrial planet.
D) It is blasted apart by asteroids within the asteroid belt.
E) It absorbs more ice and rock from asteroids within the asteroid belt.

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When a comet enters the inner Solar System, the heat from the Sun causes its ices to vaporize, creating a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes a tail. Over time, if a comet repeatedly passes close to the Sun, it can lose all its volatile materials and become an inactive body of rock and dust.

What Eventually Happens to a Comet When Its Orbit Brings