Большой англо-русский словарь (с транскрипциями)
effect
тлв кометный эффект, искажение "хвост кометы", "комета"
Большой англо-русский словарь (с транскрипциями)
outburst
астр. извержение кометное
Большой англо-русский словарь (с транскрипциями)
rendezvous mission
полет к комете
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
noun
Etymology: Middle English comete, from Old English cometa, from Latin, from Greek komētēs, literally, long-haired, from koman to wear long hair, from komē hair Date: before 12th century a celestial body that appears as a fuzzy head usually surrounding a bright nucleus, that has a usually highly eccentric orbit, that consists primarily of ice and dust, and that often develops one or more long tails when near the sun, cometary adjective cometic adjective