interstellar comet

English

Etymology

interstellar + comet

Noun

interstellar comet (plural interstellar comets)

  1. (astronomy, planetology) A comet (or exocomet) located in interstellar space, and not gravitationally bound to a star.

Hypernyms

  • exocomet
  • exosolar comet
  • extrasolar comet

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