periodic comet
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The computation of the elements of its orbit reveals the fact that they are almost identical with those of Comet III, 1869, and hence it becomes what in astronomical language is called a periodic comet."
- "Comet Temple-Tuttle is what astronomers call a "periodic comet," one of hundreds that routinely and predictably continue to orbit the Sun."