Comet Pictures Comets are small, icy rock bodies that did not get incorporated into the Sun or the planets. They comprise of a nucleus, coma, hydrogen cloud, dust tail, and ion tail. Comet Kohoutek around the Sun Comet Hyakutake by Shigemi Numazawa (NASA) Comet in orbit Comet Collision Illustration Comet Hartley 2 Satellite & Comet Illustration Woodcut of Comet Encounter