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Lexell
[ lek-suhl ]
noun
- Astronomy. a comet that passed closer to the earth than any other comet (1770), but now has an orbit that is too distant from the earth for it to be observed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Lexell1
First recorded in 2000–05; named after Anders Jean Lexell (1740–84), Finnish-born Russian mathematician, who calculated its orbit
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Example Sentences
Lexell was the first to suspect that this was a new planet eighteen times as far from the sun as the earth is.
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Its form and extent might be greatly changed after the manner of Lexell's comet.
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A famous example of this kind of planetary horse-play is furnished by the story of Lexell's missing comet.
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The adventures of Lexell's comet have long served to exemplify the effects of Jupiter's despotic sway over such bodies.
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This possibility seemed to be realized by Chandler's identification of Brooks's and Lexell's comet.
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