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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astronomy, a telescope of low power, but with a wide field, used to search for comets. Also called
comet-seeker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun astronomy A low-powered
telescope with a largefield of view , used for findingcomets .
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SOHO, which draws on help from citizen scientists around the world, is the single greatest comet-finder of all time, researchers said.
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SOHO, which draws on help from citizen scientists around the world, is the single greatest comet-finder of all time, researchers said.
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