great comet

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒmɪt === Noun === great comet (plural great comets) (astronomy) A period of cometary activity when the comet becomes exceptionally bright. ==== Hyponyms ==== Great Comet of 2007 (Comet McNaught passage of 2007) (first great comet of 21st century) Great Comet of 1997 (Comet Hale–Bopp passage of 1997) (last great comet of 20th century) Great Comet of 1996 (Comet Hyakutake passage of 1996) (first great comet in two decades) Great Comet of 1976 (Comet West passage of 1976) (brightest comet in half-a-century) 1910 Halley's Comet (Halley's Comet passage of 1910) (second great comet of 1910)