Associations to the word «Comet»
Noun
- Asteroid
- Haley
- Raoul
- Meteor
- Shoemaker
- Orbit
- Astronomer
- Jupiter
- Meteorite
- Coma
- Discoverer
- Nebula
- Airliner
- Rotation
- Nucleus
- Spacecraft
- Tail
- Perturbation
- Hale
- Eccentricity
- Lander
- Levy
- Pons
- Apparition
- Observatory
- Telescope
- Supernova
- Pluto
- Collision
- Centaur
- Neptune
- Planet
- Curve
- Saturn
- Astronomy
- Canuck
- Kepler
- Brightness
- Eclipse
- Trajectory
- Venus
- Outburst
- Edmond
- Nasa
- Debris
- Galileo
- Omen
- Shower
- Dust
- Verne
- Rendezvous
- Probe
- Spectrometer
- Observation
- Magnitude
- Decca
- Mercury
- Au
- Fireball
- Leonid
- Lucifer
- Hartley
- Coaster
- Houston
- Impact
- Spaceship
- Vortex
- Mars
- Sun
- Earth
Adjective
Wiktionary
COMET, noun. (astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
COMET, noun. A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
COMET, noun. Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
COMET HALLEY, proper noun. A very bright comet that can be seen every 75-76 years.
Dictionary definition
COMET, noun. (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
Wise words
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