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Kohoutek

 [koh-hoh-tek, kuh-]  

Ko·hou·tek

   [koh-hoh-tek, kuh-]
noun Astronomy.
a comet that passed around the sun in late 1973 and early 1974 and was barely visible with the naked eye.
Origin:
named after Luboš Kohoutek (born 1935), Czech astronomer who discovered it in February, 1973
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a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere also called a shooting star or bolide
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Kohoutek (kəˈhuːtɛk)
 
—n
a comet of almost parabolic orbit that reached its closest approach to the sun in Dec 1973
 
[C20: named after Luboš Kohoutek, Czech astronomer working in Germany who discovered it in March, 1973]

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