1) Astronomical sightings 2) Bill Haley backups 3) Bodies in orbit 4) Celestial bodies 5) Celestial streakers 6) Certain space travelers 7) Hale-Bopp and Kohoutek 8) Hale-bopp, and others 9) Heavenly bodies 10) Heavenly bodies with tails 11) Heavenly travelers 12) Icy orbiters 13) Night streakers 14) Noted 1950s backup band Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/comets
are relatively small, icy bodies that display extended features when they approach the Sun. The energy from the Sun vaporizes volatiles on a comet's surface, producing a visible coma around the cometary body. Sometimes a comet can produce a long tail radiating away from the Sun. Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_astronomy
(Communications and Broadcasting Experimental Test Satellite) A Japanese communications satellite launched by NASDA (National Space Development Agency); it is also known by the national name Kakehashi (`bridge”). COMETS carries Ka-band communications and intersatellite data rela... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/COMETS.html
Comets are (traditionally) celestial bodies that show comas and/or tails. A more modern definition is any planetoid composed primarily of ices, which would boil off if the body was close enough to the Sun. Comets near or beyond Jupiter's orbit are generally stable, as water ice is unaffected by the Sun's warmth beyond about 5 au. Note that pure, ..... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/23719