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short-period comets

short-period comets is the plural of short-period comet.

Meaning of short-period comet

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

Questions about short-period comets

What is short-period comets the plural of?
Short-period comets is the plural of short-period comet.

Words near short-period comets in the dictionary

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