McNaught
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Scottish Gaelic Mac Neachdan.
The comet was named after its discoverer, astronomer Robert H. McNaught, who discovered it in 2006.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]McNaught (countable and uncountable, plural McNaughts)
- (countable) A surname.
- A comet in Solar System. A rare comet which was visible to the naked eye, in the southern hemisphere in 2007. The first great comet of the 21st century, and brightest comet in about half-a-century.
Synonyms
[edit](2007 great comet):
- Great Comet of 2007
- Comet McNaught / McNaught's Comet
- C/2006 P1 / C/2006 P1 (McNaught) / C/2006 P1 McNaught
Hypernyms
[edit](2007 great comet):
- comet (type)
- great comet (type)
- Solar System (location)
Coordinate terms
[edit](2007 great comet):
- NEOWISE (“C/2020 F3”)
- Hale-Bopp (“C/1995 O1”) (Great Comet of 1997)
- Hyakutake (“C/1996 B2”) (Great Comet of 1996)
- West (“C/1975 V1 or C 1976 VI or C 1975n”) (Great Comet of 1976)
- Kohoutek (“C/1973 E1 or C 1973 XII or C 1973f”)
- Halley (“1/P Halley”) (Halley's Comet/Comet Halley)