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Re:Solar System Has a Tail, Just Like a Comet by jemka on Sunday July 14, 2013 @03:07PM (#6041817)
>If we're being spun by the super blackhole in the middle of the galaxy, then it kind of makes sense to have one.

These 'tails' are not created by centrifugal forces, so the fact that solar system rotates around the center of the galaxy doesn't explain the tail.

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Re:Solar System Has a Tail, Just Like a Comet by zspade on Sunday July 14, 2013 @03:27PM (#6041896)
Wouldn't it though, at least to a degree. If the solar system were moving through absolutely empty space there would be no external gravitational forces causing the exterior 'drag' resulting in a tail.
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