All 3 Uses of
comet
in
The Da Vinci Code
- The massive orb protruding from the face of the pyramid was carved in basso-relievo and depicted all kinds of heavenly bodies—constellations, signs of the zodiac, comets, stars, and planets.†
Chpt 97-98
- Newton's tomb was covered with orbs—stars, comets, planets.†
Chpt 97-98 *
- Images of stars, comets, and planets twinkled in the falling rain, but Langdon ignored them.†
Chpt 101-102
Definition:
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(comet) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit