Radiation from the sun. Everyday the Earth is bombarded by roughly the same amount of mass as Mount Everest in coronal ejections in the form of solar winds... But Earth is much deeper into it's own magnetic field than the moon, which has no field.
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can solar winds really do that? if so my immersion = not broken
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the reason comets have tails is due to the solar winds.
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Let's also not forget that Space isn't REALLY A COMPLETE VACUUM, and that something as large as the Moon would hold SOMETHING (even if it is relatively miniscule).
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But isn't that due to all the frozen ice melting and being left behind?
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A comets tail will always point away from the sun (or other star) regardless of which direction the comet is travelling. This is due to the solar winds.
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Ah, that makes sense Except that the wind on the moon is blowing [b]towards the sun.[/b] Me: 1 Bungie: 0 Physics: everything
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I would just chalk it up as a mistake.