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Comet:
(Latin stella cometa, “hairy star”), relatively small, icy celestial body revolving around the Sun. When a comet nears the Sun, some of the ice in the comet turns into gas. The gas and loose dust freed from the ice create a long, luminous tail that streams behind the comet.
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- astronomical object with long tail: an astronomical object that is composed of a mass of ice and dust and has a long luminous tail produced by vaporization when its orbit passes close to the Sun
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