Definition of "short-period" []

• Having an orbital period of less than 200 years, especially said of comets (adjective)

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• "In a limited number of years, short-period comets complete an extended elliptical orbit around the sun."
• "For more evidence, see the noted references.61 4. Even in the universe there is evidence for a young earth, such as short-period comets and interplanetary dust particles floating around in our solar system."
• "The NEC considers the short-period (SP) comet nuclei, to which the Tunguska body belonged, to be fragments produced in explosions of massive icy envelopes of Ganymede-type bodies saturated by products of bulk electrolysis of ices to the form of a 2H2+O2 solid solution."