great comet

noun

noun

Astronomy, Natural sciences A period of cometary activity when the comet becomes exceptionally bright.

When the next great comet will appear no one can say. In the interim, however, there will be plenty of lesser objects to observe.1999, Neil Bone, Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:

Hyponyms: Great Comet of 2007, Great Comet of 1997, Great Comet of 1996, Great Comet of 1976, 1910 Halley's Comet

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