The Air Comet co-pilot and a passenger aboard the same flight also saw the light.
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Who knew when this low-budget comet would return to this corner of the galaxy?
Generally, comet debris can hit Earth's atmosphere at speeds as fast as 110, 000 miles per hour.
Ms. DEE DEE THURSTON (Managing Editor, Houma Courier and Daily Comet): Nice to be back.
Here at the Courier and Daily Comet, our employees did, but not all employees do.
Comet ISON was discovered by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok in September 2012.
We--two years ago we flew past this comet and we were pounded by particles.
In 1999 NASA launched a mission to collect and bring back samples from a comet.
The company was founded in Hull in 1933, and originally called Comet Battery Stores Limited.
If matches are found, then identification of the material inside the comet would be accomplished.
Deep Impact has now set its sights on comet Ison during a 36-hour period in mid-January.
Comet is one of the biggest retail casualties since the demise of Woolworths in 2008.
Two de Havilland Comet aircraft the world's first commercial jet broke up mysteriously in mid-air in 1954.
Let next Monday be the day when statesmen take the first stop towards a comet-free future.
Still the number one show on TV, Idol, which first appeared in 2002, is a fading comet.
As for the specialness of the transit, well, it's rarer than passages of Mr. Halley's famous comet.
What they don't think about is - what are the chances of a comet hitting anything, ever?
OpCapita bought Comet last February from Kesa Electricals, which had itself struggled to turn around the business.
The retailer can also now expect to benefit from the demise of competitor Comet just before Christmas.
The nation that hits the comet, at a distance of 37m miles, will gain new respect worldwide.
But also this comet is very unusual, and it was only captured in its present orbit in 1974.
That accomplished, it was redirected to take a look at "space peanut" comet Hartley-2 in late 2010.
Comet, founded by George Hollingbery, was originally a two-man business charging batteries and accumulators for customer wireless sets.
Jon Copestake, retail analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, also felt that Comet's problems "come as little surprise".
The comet gets compressed and then explodes in the solar atmosphere which, in turn, creates shockwaves, says Eichler.
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The square windows on the original Comet jetliner were found to be the primary cause of its disintegration.
The latest high-profile high street casualty was electrical chain Comet, which closed all its 236 stores this month.
There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by Deloitte and their fees have been approved by Comet's bigger creditors.
Many such quartets blaze like a comet across the sky and then disappear before you can turn your head.
Comet ISON was only discovered last September by a network of Russian astronomers.
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