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relating to a comet
Comet
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
Comet finder
a telescope of low power having a large field of view used for finding comets
Bielas comet
a periodic coment discovered by biela in 1826 which revolves around the sun in 66 years the november meteors andromedes or bielids move in its orbit and may be fragments of the comet
Perigee
that point in the orbit of the moon or other body orbiting the earth which is nearest to the earth opposed to apogee it is sometimes but rarely used of the nearest points of bodies not orbiting the earth such as of a comet a planet etc called also epigee epigeum
Planet
a celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity it is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma and by having a less eccentric orbit see solar system
Perseid
one of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of august and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation perseus they are probably fragments of swifts comet 1862 iii
Period
a portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies a division of time as a series of years months or days in which something is completed and ready to recommence and go on in the same order as the period of the sun or the earth or a comet
Perihelion
that point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun opposed to aphelion
Cometography
a description of or a treatise concerning comets
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