Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 1, Number 10, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 September 1932 — POTPOURRI [ARTICLE]

POTPOURRI

Comets Go Tail-First The gaseous matter of a comet’s tail is of such composition that it is repelled rather than attracted by the sun. Thus it is that all comet tails point away from the solar king. Consequently after a comet passes the sun, it proceeds tail-first. Comets are composed of three parts--the nucleus, the coma, and the tail. ©, 1932, Western Newspaper Union.