ocr: Dust tail PATH OF CoMaT HALE-BOPP February: 24, 1996 5.21 AU Jupiter orbit April 1.1 1997 Perihalion iclosest approach: to the sun) 91AU Mars Earth Acomet's tail always points away from Sun the sun, even when the comet ist leaving the inner solar system. Dust from the comet forms a bright, curving tail; gas One astronomical unit composes the! blue lon tail. (AULiS the average distance between Earth. and the sun, about 93,000,000 miles:
