Kohoutek
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Kohoutek
Named after Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek (1935–2023), who discovered it in February 1973
Example Sentences
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The number of spacewalks was also doubled, to four, to observe a newly discovered comet, Kohoutek.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2021
Looking with unaided eye into the southwest sky after sunset, most observers in well-lighted, smoggy metropolitan areas could find no trace of Kohoutek.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus ended the hottest nonevent since Comet Kohoutek.
From Time Magazine Archive
About a month after they had detected methyl cyanide molecules in the comet's head, radio astronomers atop Kitt Peak last week reported picking up the "signature" of hydrogen cyanide molecules in radio waves from Kohoutek.
From Time Magazine Archive
Otherwise, the dust being boiled off Kohoutek would have produced a more spectacular tail.
From Time Magazine Archive
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