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He announced the discovery of a new comet.
Don't confuse a comet with an asteroid.
After the death of Caesar, a comet shone for seven days.
In July of 1994, Jupiter was hit by pieces of the Shoemaker-Levy comet. Dark areas appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere after the large pieces hit the planet.
When William Herschel discovered Uranus, he at first thought he had discovered a comet.
When Ceres was first discovered it was called a comet. Within a year it was called a planet. Within one more year it was called an asteroid. Since 2006, it has been called a dwarf planet.
The earliest known record of a comet sighting was made by an astrologer of the Chinese court in 1059 B.C.
Each time the comet passes close to the Sun, it loses some of its material. Over time, it will break up and disappear completely.
Halley's comet makes an appearance once every 76 years.
Halley's comet was named after Sir Edmond Halley.
Records show that Halley's Comet has been observed for over 2000 years. Confirmed sightings of the comet go back to 240 B.C.
Clyde Tombaugh also discovered several star clusters, a comet and more than a hundred asteroids.
The Cosmic Dust Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center contains the largest collection of comet debris on Earth.
That's how he discovered the comet.
He claimed that he had discovered a new comet.
Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet.
Movie subtitles
Curro, what is a comet?
Step down to Lloyd's and take out an insurance policy and it won't cost you more than it did last week when there was no talk of a comet or the world running into one.
Remember that comet I was telling you about?
Are you looking at the comet, sir?
The passage of a comet was recorded. It was seen in Byzantium by the emperor justinian's astronomers.
In a few hours that comet will pass very close to us.
The same comet?
What about? Right now a comet's passing very close to earth.
A comet, magnitude seven, dead ahead.
Comet Icarus iv. Composition?
Intruder bearing for comet's tail.
The moment he enters the comet's tail, he's visible.
A comet. early 20th century.
Halleys Comet.
A planet that was once a comet, as you can see.
Dasher, Prancer, Dancer and Vixen, Cupid, Comet, Donder and Blitzen.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Cupid, Comet, Donder and Blitzen.
It seemed to him that this dazzling comet was the perfect symbol of what he felt in his compassionate soul which brimmed with the blossom of a new life.
A comet, magnitude 7, dead ahead.
Comet Icarus 4. Composition?
Intruder now bearing directly for comet's tail.
The moment he begins entering the comet's tail, he becomes visible.
Old Stripes took off like a flaming comet, he did.
And the comet that Astrophysics reported? We're running checks on it.
The comet was a rogue and has never been investigated.
Astronomical section reports a comet recently passed by.
The orbit of Gamma Hydra IV carried the planet directly through the comet's trail.
Below normal radiation levels, but definitely present, and undoubtedly residue from the comet. Good, Spock.
Listen here. Remember that comet I was telling you about?
If she were here tonight, my performance would be like Mr Halley's comet streaking across the autumn sky.
How come? You appear and disappear like a comet.
It's a comet. It's headed our way.
Mother and Dad are still trapped out there, and the comet's getting closer.
The comet's closer.
A comet with a tail?
Comet Icarus 4.
News and current affairs
At more than 360 meters in diameter, the asteroid, Apophis, is a dozen times larger than the Tunguska space object (presumably a meteorite or comet) that devastated a large part of eastern Siberia a century ago.
Some unknown comet or other space object could fly near enough to the asteroid in the next few decades to change its predicted path, perhaps in a way that redirected it toward Earth.
A few scientists, and many science-fiction writers, have also speculated about using nuclear weapons to destroy or damage an asteroid, comet, meteor, or alien spacecraft heading toward the earth.