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great comet

noun

A period of cometary activity when the comet becomes exceptionally bright.

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Meanings

noungreat comet (plural great comets)

plural great comets

astronomyA 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

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with great comet

comet vomit grommet

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