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A body usually made up of ice, rock, and dust that orbits a star.
Forms a trail through space due to solar winds (but usually not visible with naked eye when viewer is on surface of planet)
Not to be confused with meteor, which enters a planet's atmosphere (and can crash into stuff on the surface if large enough).
h4. See Also:
* meteor
* shooting star
* contrail
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