Kohoutek

American  

[koh-hoh-tek, kuh-] / koʊˈhoʊ tɛk, kə- /

noun

Astronomy.

1. a comet that passed around the sun in late 1973 and early 1974 and was dimly visible with the naked eye.

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Kohoutek British  

/ kəˈhuːtɛk /

noun

1. a comet of almost parabolic orbit that reached its closest approach to the sun in Dec 1973

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Etymology

Origin of Kohoutek

Named after Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek (1935–2023), who discovered it in February 1973

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Kohoutek

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

For all its fadeout from public view, Comet Kohoutek was far from a scientific disappointment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Otherwise, the dust being boiled off Kohoutek would have produced a more spectacular tail.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stranded with a broken-down car in St. Louis, Missouri, they comforted themselves with the thought that "God would provide the means," and on the same night comet Kohoutek appeared.

From Time Magazine Archive