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plasma tail

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plasma tail [′plaz·mə ′tāl]
(astronomy)
A comet tail that is composed primarily of electrons and molecular ions, the dominant visible ion being positively ionized carbon monoxide, and that is generally straight, with a length in the range from 0.62 × 107to 0.62 × 108miles (1 × 107to 1 × 108kilometers).


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