comet
nounHow to pronounce comet:
Definition of comet:
- comet (noun):
- (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
- a celestial body that appears as a fuzzy head usually surrounding a bright nucleus, that has a usually highly eccentric orbit, that consists primarily of ice and dust, and that often develops one or more long tails when near the sun
Synonyms for comet:
estraterrestrial body
extraterrestrial object
nucleus
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- heroine
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