cometnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒm.ɪt/us/ˈkɑː.mɪt/an object that moves around the sun, usually at a great distance from it, that is seen on rare occasions from the earth as a bright line in the sky
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Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- Jupiter
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- pulsar
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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- An opportunity may thus be presented of determining the mass of one of the largest comets on record, which may not again occur.
- Did not God do this very thing when he permitted the comet to strike the earth?
- However, the Church of England still embraced the idea that comets and eclipses were evidence of God's wrath.
- The comet will visit Mars first, and proceed to Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.
- The plague was thought to have been announced by a comet.