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Categories: Comets

nucleus comet nucleus comet nuclei cometary nuclei cometary nucleus

(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail WordNet 3.0

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(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The nucleus is the solid, central part of a comet, once termed a dirty snowball or an icy dirtball. Wikipedia

The solid, central part of a comet Wikipedia Disambiguation

The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled. Wiktionary

Core, central part of something. Wiktionary (translation)

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