Comets
Esquema
Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Settlements and Landscapes > landscapes (environments) > natural landscapes > extraterrestrial bodies
Descripción
An extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass and rock debris that travels around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit; it generally developes a diffuse gaseous envelope and a long luminous tail when near the Sun.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- 彗星 [zh]
- kometen [nl]
- huì xīng [zh]
- hui xing [zh]
- hui hsing [zh]
- comet [en]