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Comet

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committedObligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
commitnoun(programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.
culpritnounThe person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
offendernounA person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
guiltynoun(law) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
guiltnounResponsibility for wrongdoing.
shooting starnounA meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
fireballnounA ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
meteoroidnoun(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere
meteornounA fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star.
falling starnoun(astronomy) A meteor.
meteoritenounA metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.
blazing starnounAny of various plants including:
sungrazernoun(astronomy) A sungrazing comet
wandering starnounA star which seems to move in the sky; a planet.
dirty snowballnoun(informal) A comet whose nucleus is composed of an amalgamation of rock, dust, water ice, and frozen gases.
bolidenounAn extremely bright meteor.
guest starnoun(television) An actor on a television program who stars in one, or a few, episodes.
cometopausenounThe boundary surrounding a comet's coma where the composition of the surrounding plasma transitions from being dominated by solar wind particles to being dominated by cometary plasma.
cometariumnoun(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.

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