Comet (disambiguation)
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A comet is a small astronomical body which orbits the sun.
Comet may also refer to:
Publishing
- Comet (Archie Comics), a fictional superhero in the comic-book series Pep Boys
- Comet (DC Comics), two fictional comic-book characters associated with the Superman family of titles
- Comet (Impact Comics), a fictional superhero in the comic-book series Impact Comics
- Comet (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
- The Comet (comic magazine), a British publication
- The Comet, the first science fiction fanzine
- Comet, a fictional magical object in the Harry Potter series
- "The Comet" (short story), by W.E.B. DuBois
- Comet (book), by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Music
- Comet (The Bouncing Souls album)
- Comet (Younha album)
- "Comet" (song), an American children's song
- Comet (band), an American band
Organisations
- Comet Group, a defunct chain of in the United Kingdom electrical retailers
- Comet line, a World War II resistance group which operated in Belgium and France
Roller coasters
- Comet (Great Escape), at The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom, New York
- Comet (Hersheypark), in Pennsylvania
- Comet (Lincoln Park), in Massachusetts
Science
- Comet (goldfish)
- Comet moth
- Comet, the ancestor of the shorthorn cattle breed
- Comet Galaxy, a spiral galaxy
Sports
- Allgäu Comets, an American Football team from Germany
- Houston Comets, a defunct American basketball team
- IK Comet, a defunct Norwegian ice hockey team
- Kansas City Comets, an American indoor soccer team
- Comets, the mascot of Contra Costa College
- Comets, the mascot of the University of Texas at Dallas
- The Utica Comets, a professional American Hockey League team
Technology
- Comet (programming), a web application model using server-push communication
- Comet (programming language), programming languages to solve combinatorial optimization problems
- Comet (pyrotechnics), a firework component
- Comet assay, an experimental technique for measuring DNA damage
Transportation and military
Aircraft and spacecraft
- De Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production
- De Havilland DH.88 Comet, a British twin-engine racing aeroplane
- Air Comet, a defunct Spanish airline
- Shavit, a space launch vehicle
Rail
- Comet (railcar)
- CoMET, a rapid transit benchmarking organization
- Comet (train), a train of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
- Comet (interurban), an interurban train of the Sacramento Northern Railway
- Comet (German train), usually referred to as Komet, an overnight express train in Germany
- South Devon Railway Comet class, locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway
Road
- Comet tank, a British armoured vehicle
- Leyland Comet, an Indian series of buses and trucks produced by Ashok Leyland
- Mercury Comet, an American automobile
- Riley Comet, a version of the Riley 4 motorcar
Watercraft
- Comet (dinghy), a class of centreboard sailing boat
- Comet (clipper), an 1851 California clipper which sailed in the Australia trade and the tea trade
- Comet (steamboat), an American steamboat sunk in Lake Superior
- HMS Comet, several ships of the British Royal Navy
- PS Comet, a Scottish paddle steamer
- SS Comet, several American and British merchant ships
- USNS Comet (T-AK-269), a United States Navy military cargo ship in service from 1958 to 1985
- USS Comet, several United States Navy ships
Other
- Comet (film), an upcoming 2014 film
- Comet, one of Santa Claus's reindeer
- Comet, a dog in the television series Full House
- Comet (cleanser)
- Comet, Queensland, a town in Australia
- Comet (pinball), a pinball machine
See also
- Komet (disambiguation)
- Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, a German rocket-powered fighter aeroplane
- Fort Wayne Komets, an American minor league hockey team
- German auxiliary cruiser Komet, sunk during World War II
- All pages beginning with "Comet"
- All pages with titles containing "Comet"
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