English Dictionary:
- A member of the solar system which usually moves in an
elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion,
and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet
commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma,
and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See
Illustration in Appendix.
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