Definitionn. (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
Last update: September 13, 2015
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There he observed the transit of Venus of 1882 and photographed the great comet of that year. [Please select]
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"It can't be a comet, because it gives no light." [Please select]
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What a comet is to the earth was that sad woman to the town. [Please select]
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"No, the northern lights are not like this, and it is not a comet." [Please select]
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"Richard has appeared amongst us like a comet," put in the ubiquitous Mr. [Please select]
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Such a puff is what we call a comet. [Please select]
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In Pierre, however, that comet with its long luminous tail aroused no feeling of fear. [Please select]
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"It can not be a comet; for comets have tails," said a third. [Please select]
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Here and there, in premonition of the eventual, the comet-like passage of streaming confetti was blocked by bare arms upflung to shield laughing faces; arms that flashed with splendid jewels on wrist and finger. [Please select]
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He laughed heartily at the idea, as though he could imagine himself whizzing through the air "like a comet," as he remarked. [Please select]
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