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7+**Comets** are urbits whose names are 128-bits or 16 syllables, such as:
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9+`~hillyn-pitwet-hasdur-paswer--miszod-rabpex-divrup-fogdur`
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11+Comet names aren't quite as memorable as others, but they're disposable identities that anyone can make for free to join the live network.
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13+## Booting a Comet
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15+To boot your comet, go into the command line and run the following command from the directory that was created during Urbit installation:
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17+```
18+$ urbit -c mycomet
19+```
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21+This will take a few minutes and will spin out a bunch of boot messages. Toward the end, you'll see something like:
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23+```
24+ames: on localhost, UDP 31337.
25+http: live (insecure, public) on 8080
26+http: live ("secure", public) on 8443
27+http: live (insecure, loopback) on 12321
28+~hillyn-pitwet-hasdur-paswer--miszod-rabpex-divrup-fogdur:dojo>
29+```