McNaught
English edit
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)