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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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comet XIII (XII in L. form). — (O)F.
comète — L.
comēta — Gr.
komḗtēs long-haired, sb. comet (for
astḕr komḗtēs ‘long-haired star’), f.
komân wear the hair long, f.
kómē hair of the head, tail of a comet.
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COMETS: TRAILBLAZERS OF SPACE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 1/5/1997; 700+ words
; ...the nucleus of the comet, perhaps thousands of miles." Comets, despite the media...origin and nature of comets, though pictures...information. The comet is about 90 percent...you want to view a comet, you need to look...be different." Comets are not, he said...
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Comets vary in size and often seen 'close' to Earth.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 9/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...Spangenburg and Kit Moser - "Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorioids...Rau "How often does a comet pass Earth?," asks...Montessori in Grayslake. A comet is a ball of ice and...speeds through space. Comets are as old as the beginning...solar system. When a comet streaks across the sky...
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Comets do well at two tournaments.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...St. Charles 14U Comets Purple team continued...game was a 5-2 Comet win over the Lyons...drove in all five Comet runs. Pitcher Jamie...through six until the Comets sparked in the last...off a four-run Comet sixth and a 4-2...of reach once the Comets pulled out to a 5...
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Comets: NASA set to investigate vagabonds of night sky
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...considered an expert on comets. The thinking is that the tail of a comet can be likened to...Schwassmann-Wachmann-3 comet in 2006. Both comets orbit the sun...exactly makes up a comet' s center. Scientists want to compare comets' composition with...
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Comets give clues to solar system's infancy: New studies chronicle the breakup of a comet that sheds light on early planet formation.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 5/18/2001; 700+ words
; ...the distance to a comet in 1577, however, it put comets on the watch list...borne assault on comets is under way...encounter with comet 19P/Borrelly...European missions to comets. Beyond Deep Space...currently en route to comet 81P/Wild 2...
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Comets: mudballs of the solar system? (infrared images reveal trails of true grit)
Magazine article from: Science News; 3/14/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...primordial recipe for making comets required about equal...different picture of what the comet nucleus could be...sculpt some of the comet's expelled gas into...idiosyncrasies about comets. Sykes and his colleagues don't dispute that a comet's nucleus contains...
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COMETS INCOMING
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/19/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Hyakutake. By late March, Comet Hyakutake could be brighter...the Big Dipper. "This comet looks like it's not...of past predictions of comets such as the infamous...miles away. Only four comets have come closer to Earth...reveal details of the comet's nucleus. The nucleus...
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Comet Web site racks up hits too: Mission succeeds in capturing the imagination
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 7/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...enthusiasm. "We touched a comet and we touched it hard." Scientists said the comet appears to have a soft, dusty...5 billion years ago, and comets formed from the leftover building...they might one day stop a comet if one threatens Earth - but...
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Comet Holmes visible to the unaided eye
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 11/10/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...For those of us who are avid stargazers, Comet 17P/Holmes has not left our sights for...sky. On Oct. 23 astronomers witnessed Comet Holmes undergo a spectacular explosion...from Earth, the explosion resulted in the comet brightening almost a millionfold, from...
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Comet impact might produce fireworks show
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 7/3/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...there's no danger that Comet Tempel 1 will menace...it will tell them how comets are put together. Why...standpoint, he said, comets are more interesting...contain pristine material Comets are mixtures of ice...sunlight and form the comet's tail. Over time...
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Comets, Predicting
Book article from: Mathematics
...If you find a new comet, it will bear your name! What Are Comets? Aristotle thought...material away from the comet, forming the long...are the hallmark of comets. The gas is blown...comet. Halley's comet is probably the most...the short period comets. It is expected...
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Comets
Book article from: Space Sciences
Comets A bright comet is a spectacular astronomical...first to calculate the orbits of comets. Comet Halley's orbit has an average...asteroids are extinct or dormant comet nuclei. The Composition of Comets The composition of cometary nuclei...
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comet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and 1986 (see Halley's comet ). While some comets appear to have parabolic...attraction. Structure of Comets A comet far from the sun consists...Biela did in 1846, and Comet West did in 1976. The comas of comets vary widely in size, some...
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Comet
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...orbit, and meaning of comets. Halley's comet In 1687, English astronomer...him to conclude that comets follow an orbit around...predicted that this same comet would return in 1758...one of the greatest comets of all time, Comet Hale-Bopp is immense...
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Comet Hale-Bopp
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...spectacular lightshow as Comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets seen during the twentieth...nicknamed The Great Comet of 1997 because of...object was renamed Comet Hale-Bopp. Hale...the most spectacular comets to appear in the twentieth...
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