comet
icy small astronomical object
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Summary
comet is an astronomical object type[1]. comet ranks in the top 4% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,777 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: small Solar System body[3]
- Part of: planetary system[4]
- Commons category: Comets[5]
- Unicode character: ☄[6]
- Has part(s): comet nucleus[7], coma[8], comet tail[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Comets[10]
- Depicted by: La Cometa[11]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox comet[18], Template:Comets[19]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/comets[20]
- Different from: exocomet[21]
- Has list: list of comets[22]
- Studied by: cometology[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[24], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
- Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after comets[26]
Body
Influence
Things named for comet include Comet[27], an AI browser[28] and HC Kometa Brno[29], an ice hockey team[30], in Czech Republic[31], founded in 1953[32], headquartered in Brno[33].
Why It Matters
comet has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] comet is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for comet include Comet[27], an AI browser[28] and HC Kometa Brno[29], an ice hockey team[30], in Czech Republic[31], founded in 1953[32], headquartered in Brno[33].