As nouns the difference between comet and meteorite
is that comet is a celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun while meteorite is a metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteor.
comet
Noun
(
en noun)
(astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
Synonyms
* (l)
Derived terms
* cometary
* cometoid
* exocomet
Related terms
*
meteorite
Noun
(
en noun)
A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteor
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* meteoritic
* meteoritics
* meteoriticist
* micrometeorite
* Gibeon meteorite
* stony meteorite
Related terms
* achondrite
* aerolite
* chondrite
* meteor
* meteoroid
* meteorology
* siderite
* siderolite
See also
* achondrite
* aerolite
* angrite
* asteroid
* aubrite
* chassignite
* chondrite
* fireball
* nakhlite
* shergottite
* ureilite
