Komet is the word for

comet A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. This produces an extended, gravitationally unbound atmosphere or Coma (cometary), coma surrounding ...

in some languages and may refer to: In the military: *

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 ...

, the first rocket-powered crewed aircraft * German auxiliary cruiser ''Komet'', a ship in World War II *

KS-1 Komet The Raduga KS-1 Comet ( (Крылатый Снаряд: winged projectile), NATO reporting name: AS-1 Kennel) was a Soviet short range air-to-surface missile, primarily developed for anti-ship missions. It was carried on two aircraft, the Tupole ...

, a Soviet anti-ship missile * HMAS ''Una'', a Royal Australian Navy sloop, formerly the German motor launch ''Komet'' In transportation: * Dornier Komet, a family of aircraft manufactured in Germany in the 1920s *

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 * Komet (German automobile), produced between 1922 and 1924 * ''Komet'' (train), a former overnight train service between Germany and Switzerland In sports: * SC Komet Berlin, a Berlin sports club from the late 1890s to the late 1930s * TuS Komet Arsten, a German football club established in 2006 *

Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team, which currently plays in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Orig ...

, a minor league ice hockey team In music: * ''Komet'', the tenth studio album by the German band

Megaherz Megaherz (German name meaning "Mega-heart", a pun on the homophone "Hertz, 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 ...

* "Komet" (song), a 2023 song by Udo Lindenberg and Apache 207 People: *

Gürkan Coşkun Gürkan Coşkun (1941 – 22 September 2022) or more widely known as Komet was a Turkish painter. Coşkun was born in Çorum in 1941. After attending İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts between the years 1960 and 1967, he moved to Paris in 1 ...

(born 1941), a Turkish painter *

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 (n ...

(born 1956), a German electronic musician

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