Komet is the word for
comet
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in some languages and may refer to:
In the military:
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Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt. It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as th ...
, the first rocket-powered crewed aircraft
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German auxiliary cruiser ''Komet'', a ship in World War II
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KS-1 Komet
The Raduga KS-1 Komet (russian: КС-1 "Комета", NATO reporting name: Kennel), also referred to as AS-1 and KS-1 (крылатый снаряд - winged projectile) was a Soviet short range air-to-surface missile, primarily developed for a ...
, a Soviet anti-ship missile
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HMAS ''Una'', a Royal Australian Navy sloop, formerly the German motor launch ''Komet''
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Dornier Komet
The Dornier ''Komet'' ("Comet"), ''Merkur'' ("Mercury"), Do C, Do D, and Do T were a family of aircraft manufactured in Germany during the 1920s, originally as small airliners, but which saw military use as well. The earliest aircraft in the seri ...
, a family of aircraft manufactured in Germany in the 1920s
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Komet (American automobile)
The Komet was an American automobile manufactured in 1911 in Elkhart, Indiana.
History
The Sterling-Hudson Whip Company formed the Elkhart Motor Car Company in 1909. The automobiles were called Sterling except for 1911 when Komet was added. The ...
, made only in 1911
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Komet (German automobile) The Komet was a German automobile manufactured from 1922 until 1924 by Komet Autofabrik Buchmann & Co of Leisnig
Leisnig ( hsb, Lěsnik) is a small town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the state of Saxony in Germany, 50 kilometers southeast ...
, produced between 1922 and 1924
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''Komet'' (train), a former overnight train service between Germany and Switzerland
In sports:
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SC Komet Berlin
SC Komet Berlin was a German sports club from the city of Berlin.
''Komet'' was active from the late 1890s through to the late 1930s with its athletics department and association football club figuring on the German sports scene.
In 1900 the cl ...
, a Berlin sports club from the late 1890s to the late 1930s
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TuS Komet Arsten
TuS Komet Arsten is a German football club from the district of Arsten, in the city of Bremen in northwestern Germany. It was established in 2006 through the merger of ''TuS Arsten'' and ''VfB Komet Arsten'', both of which appeared in second-div ...
, a German football club established in 2006
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Fort Wayne Komets
The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This team was previously a member of the Central Hockey League, the original Inte ...
, a minor league ice hockey team
In music:
* ''Komet'', the tenth studio album by the German band
Megaherz
Megaherz (English "Mega-heart", a pun on the homophone " megahertz") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Eichenau in 1993.
Megaherz has gone through many changes in musical style since their founding. Their early works are a fair ...
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"Komet" (song), a 2023 song by Udo Lindenberg and Apache 207
People:
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Gürkan Coşkun
Gürkan Coşkun (1941 – 22 September 2022) or more widely known as Komet was a Turkish painter.
Coşkun was born in Çorum
Çorum () (Medieval Greek: Ευχάνεια, romanized: Euchaneia) is a northern Anatolian city that is the capital ...
(born 1941), a Turkish painter
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Frank Bretschneider
Frank Bretschneider (born 1956) is a German electronic musician. He works primarily with sine waves and white noise as his source material. He also releases material under the name Komet.
Bretschneider was born and raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt ( ...
(born 1956), a German electronic musician
See also:
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Comet (disambiguation)
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