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noun • a person who gives a name or names | ||||||||
39% | 13 | She discovered a telescopic comet, which became known as 'Miss Mitchell's Comet' | ||||||
noun • United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889) | ||||||||
26% | 5 | The date of the first spacecraft landing on a comet (Rosetta mission) | ||||||
noun • the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs | ||||||||
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