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I think it was Aristotle who first used the Greek word from which "comet" is derived.
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How are comets named?
Usually after the people they were spotted by.
Is all comets named after people?
think about it
Are comets meteors and asteroids named?
Many comets and many asteroids are named, though not all, particulary not all asteroids. As for meteors, as they happen in an instant when a piece of ice, dust, dirt or rock enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up and then they are gone, they are not named.
What comet was named after a Dutch astronomor?
I'm not too sure there was a comet named after a Dutch Astronomer.In all likelihood, the best Dutch Astronomer associated with comets was Dr. Jan Hendrik Oort who the Oort cloud of comets bears his name.
What is one of several heavenly bodies named for there discoverers?
Comets are named for their discoverers. For example, Halley's comet was named after its discoverer, Edmund Halley. Many stars are also named for their discoverers.
What man is named after a comet?
The comet was named after the man not the other way around. No man as far as I am aware has been named after a comet with the possible exception of Bill Halley and the comets?
Are there other names for comets?
comets are given the designation reflecting the date of discovery of the comet. they were named by their discoverers with certain guidelines about what constitutes a discovery and how many discoverers may be named.
Which astronomer discovered comets return at intervals?
Edmund Halley. He even had a comet named after him, the Halley Comet.
Which television show did Bill Haley and His Comets appear on in 1955?
There's no indication of anyone by that name playing with Bill Haley and His Comets; there have been no less than 3-4 groups carrying the name Bill Haley's Comets in the years after Haley's death, so someone named Goodson could have performed with one of those groups.
What do comets and asteroids not have in common?
Comets are Comets and Asteroids are Asteroids
Who invented comets?
comets
Which of these always contains ice meteors asteroids or comets?
Comets
