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- adjective resembling a comet
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Examples
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The comet-like object imaged by Hubble, called P/2010 A2, was first discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, or LINEAR, program sky survey on Jan. 6.
ianrandalstrock: Maybe it's a Romulan warbird ianrandalstrock 2010
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The main nucleus of the object, P/2010 A2, is actually located outside its dust halo, something that's never been seen in a comet-like object before.
Wired Top Stories 2010
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At this moment a pesky planetoid/asteroid/comet-like little body happens to be moving across the Moon's South Node smack in the middle of the first house of our Fearless Leader's horoscope.
Michael Lutin: Barack Obama's Worst Moment: Is There Kryptonite in His Horoscope? Michael Lutin 2010
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The comet-like object imaged by Hubble, called P/2010 A2, was first discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, or LINEAR, program sky survey on Jan. 6.
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2010
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This has never been seen before in a comet-like object.
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2010
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A strange comet-like object discovered on January 6, 2010 may actually be the result of a collision between two asteroids.
Asteroid Collision May Have Created Comet-like Object | Universe Today 2010
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This has never been seen before in a comet-like object.
Hubble Takes A Look at Possible Asteroid Collision | Universe Today 2010
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R is usually lost in the high surface brightness of the "comet-like" structure of the nebula, yet the nebula itself varies with no predictable timetable – perhaps due to dark masses shadowing the star.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: January 15-17, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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The comet-like object imaged by Hubble, called P/2010 A2, was first discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, or LINEAR, program sky survey on Jan. 6.
Hubble Takes A Look at Possible Asteroid Collision | Universe Today 2010
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This has never been seen before in a comet-like object.
ianrandalstrock: Maybe it's a Romulan warbird ianrandalstrock 2010
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