comets

• He's found so many comets, they named a comet after him. —  Erin McKean redefines the dictionary
• There are short-term comets, called periodic comets, which reside in our solar system, and make appearances every couple of years. —  Vineyard Gazette - Top Stories
• "The vast majority of the known comets, and the comets now being discovered, are found near a region of the sky called the ecliptic-that's because their orbits are similar to the orbits of the planets," says Phil Langill, the observatory's director. —  Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us
• He received the distinguished title in New York this month for his study of comets, a university press release said. —  The Diamondback
• These are a kind of comets, and their changes cannot be calculated like the changes of vulgar words, which answer to stars (i. —  Modern Mythology

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