sungrazer

noun

sun·​graz·​er ¦sən-¦grā-zər 

: any of a group of comets whose perihelions are very close to the sun and which are often destroyed by their close approach to it

sungrazing

¦sən-¦grā-ziŋ 

adjective

a sungrazing comet

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