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short-period comet

short-period comet noun: any periodic comet with an orbital period of less than 200 years.

Noun

short-period comet (plural short-period comets)

  1. Any periodic comet with an orbital period of less than 200 years.
    • […] comets. Depending on their orbital period, comets are classified as short or long period comets. Short period comets have periods less than 200 years. For example, Halley's Comet is a short period comet, because it has a period of 76 years.2014, Panos Photinos, Visual Astronomy: A Guide to Understanding the Night Sky, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, →ISBN
    • Some bodies in the Kuiper Belt will slowly evolve inwards, to Centaur orbits (as discussed in Section 7.3), from where they might evolve into short-period comet orbits under the influence of Jupiter (mainly) and Saturn. Thus orbital evolution […]2004, Neil McBride with Iain Gilmour, An Introduction to the Solar System, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 273

short-period comet meaning in Tamil

short-period comet in Tamil

குறுங்கால வால்விண்மீன்

Forms of short-period comet

pluralshort-period comets
alternative formshort period comet

Questions about short-period comet

What does short-period comet mean?
Short-period comet means any periodic comet with an orbital period of less than 200 years.
What is short-period comet in Tamil?
Short-period comet in Tamil is குறுங்கால வால்விண்மீன். See Short-period comet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is short-period comet?
Short-period comet is a noun.
What is the plural of short-period comet?
The plural of short-period comet is short-period comets.

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