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noun • (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit | ||||||||
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A Celestial Body Such As Swift Tuttle That Led Giovanni Schiaparelli To Discover In 1865 That Said Body Was The Source Of The Perseids Crossword Clue
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COMET which was last seen in the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword.
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