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Comet

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

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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