short-period comet

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short-period comet [′shȯrt ¦pir·ē·əd ′käm·ət]

(astronomy)

A comet whose period is short enough for observations at two or more apparitions to be interrelated; usually taken to be a comet whose period is shorter than 200 years.

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No references found			One candidate is a fragment of the short-period Comet Encke which is the parent comet of the annual Beta Taurids meteor shower. Starwatch by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Spectra from Spitzer also reveal that the largest fragment, dubbed C, contains a higher abundance of micrometer-size silicate grains than is typically seen in intact short-period comets, says Cincinnati-based Spitzer scientist Michael Sitko of the Space Science Institute. Big breakup: that's the way the comet crumbles by Cowen, R. / Science News and a colleague suggested an alternative source for short-period comets. What's the source of quick-return comets? by Cowen, R. / Science News			short word short working plaster Short, Bobby Short, Walter Campbell short-baseline system short-circuit impedance short-circuit transition short-circuiting transfer short-contact switch short-crested wave short-day response Short-Delay Blasting short-delay detonator short-distance navigation Short-Eared Owl short-gate gain short-grained short-haul short-haul convoy short-length short-line seeking short-long flashing light short-oil alkyd short-oil varnish short-path principle short-period comet short-precision number short-pulse laser short-range attack missile short-range ballistic missile short-range force short-range forecast short-range navigation short-range order short-range radar short-slot coupler Short-Stroke Engine Short-Term Credit short-term exposure limit short-term memory short-term predictor short-term repeatability short-termism short-time rating Short-toed Eagle short-tube vertical evaporator Shortandy Shortanov, Askerbi Shortanov, Askerbi Takhirovich shortcoming shortcut			short-leg cast short-leg cast with walker short-length Short-line railroad short-line seeking short-list short-listed short-listing short-lists short-lived short-lived Short-Lived Isotopes Studied by the AKufve Technique short-long flashing light Short-Message-Attach-Master Short-nosed Short-nosed bandicoot short-nosed cattle lice Short-Notice Random Inspection short-oil alkyd short-oil varnish Short-Open Calibration Short-Open-Load-Thru short-order short-order cook short-path principle short-period comet Short-period planet Short-Period Strained-Layer Superlattice Short-Period Three Component Short-play Short-player Short-playing Short-playing records short-pointing short-PR-normal-QRS syndrome short-precision number short-pulse laser Short-Pulse Quasi-Ray Gaussian Beam Short-Pulse Spallation Source short-range short-range Short-Range Aid to Navigation Short-Range Air Defense short-range air defense engagement zone Short-Range Air-To-Air Missile System short-range air-to-surface attack missile short-range aircraft Short-Range Aircraft Tracking System Short-Range Anti-Armour Weapon Short-Range Antiair Warfare Short-Range Antiradar Missile

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