What is a comae

Coma, from the Greek word “Koma,” meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behavior. Furthermore, in a deep coma, even painful stimuli (actions which, whe…

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Coma is defined as a state of unconsciousness from which the individual cannot be awakened, in which the individual responds minimally or not at all to stimuli, and initiates no voluntary activities

http://www.steadyhealth.com/encyclopedia/Coma

A coma, sometimes also called persistent vegetative state, is a profound or deep state of unconsciousness. Persistent vegetative state is not brain-death. An individual in a state of coma is alive but unable to move or respond to his or her…

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/coma/coma.htm#What_is

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Will the discoverer of the planet orbiting Beta Comae Berenices get the Nobel prize?

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A: If they do it will not be for that particular discovery. Extrasolar planets are being discovered all the time and while more examples around Sun-like stars would be interesting they would hardly be Nobel prize material.

I DON’T WANT CANDICE to COME BACK NO REALLY I DONT WANT HER TO COMAE BACK WQ INSIDE?

Q: CAUSE I HOP THE ONLY TIME SHE COMES BACK IS TO ANNOUNCE HER RETIREMENT FROM WRESTLINGWQ; does it look like santino wants to make sure wwe is rid of the divas by beating them up every week cause he’s probably gonna do a 1 man war against them

A: I agree. I can’t stand her. I hope she just doesn’t come back. I wish Kelly Kelly and Maria would just retire too.They’re nothing but Playboy sluts. WQ: Eh, I don’t think so, judging by how he’s going out with Beth on the show. I think he just wants a woman’s title =P

Kuiper belt objects are actually comet nuclei. why do they not display comae and tails?

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A: Comets only display comae and tails when they get close to the sun.Out in the Kuiper Belt there is not enough heat from the sun to evaporate the volatile ices on and under their surfaces.Its the gases from evaporation that form the coma, and the solar wind close to the sun has enough force to blow those gases (and the intermingled dust) away from the sun to create the tails.