How to Use comet in a Sentence

comet

noun
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  • But the comet will almost certainly get too close to the sun and fall apart, shedding which component?
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The comet is will pass closer to Bootes starting on December 4.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The comet is currently visible very low above the southwest horizon just after sunset.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • With a little bit of luck and a pair of binoculars, Bay Area residents might be able to spot the brightest comet of the year this coming week.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The Geminids are one of the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
  • DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence star as two low-level astronomers who discover a planet-killing comet that’s hurtling toward Earth.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The comet is not expected to enter the inner solar system again until 2061, NASA said.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • And when the comet is this close, there just isn't time for that.
    — Holly Thomas, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Every year, the Earth passes near the path of the comet.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 July 2023
  • Think of it this way; if Arcturus and Venus are the ends of a coat-hanger, the comet is the hook.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The comet should appear for a couple of hours in the east, where the sun rises.
    — Jorge Garay, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • In the movie, Earth finds itself in the path of a comet that’s big enough to destroy the planet.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • But, spoiler alert, in the Netflix flick, the comet hits the Earth — and destroys it.
    — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Skywatchers will have chances to glimpse the comet through most of the remainder of the month.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Bright planets, stars and even a comet may appear if the skies are clear.
    — Katherine Rodeghier, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The comet has a tail made up of dust and ice,which is typical of comets that pass by the sun.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • That’s a pretty trippy thing to see—a comet during the day!
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • This may also need to be done when the comet is nearby?
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • On that day, the comet, which appears to be bright green, will be about 27 million miles away from the Earth.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Meech called it a Manx comet, after a breed of cat without a tail.
    — Byeric Hand, science.org, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Devin Booker looked more like Haley's comet than a Sun in the first half.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Did any of this film’s stakeholders object to the comet hitting the Earth at the end?
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Just how visible the shower will be depend on the speed of the comet.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 26 May 2022
  • The Leonids come from debris from the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The plume has been pushed away by the sun's radiation, not unlike the tail of a comet.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 5 Oct. 2022
  • They’ve also been seen on Mercury, some moons around Jupiter, and even on a comet.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 May 2022
  • Given that the comet hasn't been seen since the last ice age, this is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
    — Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 2 Feb. 2023
  • As with the virus (and the comet in the movie), scientists have been warning us for decades about the dangers of climate change.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Strasburg was a comet streaking across the San Diego sky well before.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The comet is named for A. E. Thatcher, who discovered it in 1861.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024

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