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Comets

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.

📖 Definitions of "Comets"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.

  3. 3

    Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

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