comet

Summary

comet is an astronomical object type^[1]. comet ranks in the top 4% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,640 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• comet's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[3].
• comet is a type of small Solar System body^[4].
• comet is part of planetary system^[5].
• comet's Commons category is recorded as Comets^[6].
• comet's Unicode character is recorded as ☄^[7].
• comet comprises comet nucleus^[8].
• comet comprises coma^[9].
• comet comprises comet tail^[10].
• comet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Comets^[11].
• comet's depicted by is recorded as La Cometa^[12].
• comet's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• comet's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• comet's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• comet's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• comet's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• comet's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[18].
• comet's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox comet^[19].
• comet's topic has template is recorded as Template:Comets^[20].
• comet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/comets^[21].
• comet's different from is recorded as exocomet^[22].
• comet's has list is recorded as list of comets^[23].
• comet's studied by is recorded as cometology^[24].
• comet's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[25].
• comet's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

comet's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[3]. comet is a type of small Solar System body^[4].

Use and Application

Components include comet nucleus^[8], a stone^[27]; coma^[9]; and comet tail^[10]. comet is part of planetary system^[5].

Influence

Things named for comet include Comet^[28], an AI browser^[29] and HC Kometa Brno^[30], an ice hockey team^[31], in Czech Republic^[32], founded in 1953^[33], headquartered in Brno^[34].

Why It Matters

comet ranks in the top 4% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,640 views/month).^[2] comet has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] comet is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for comet include Comet^[28], an AI browser^[29] and HC Kometa Brno^[30], an ice hockey team^[31], in Czech Republic^[32], founded in 1953^[33], headquartered in Brno^[34].