Halley's Comet Facts
Halley's Comet Facts
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Interesting Halley's Comet Facts: |
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The most famous appearance of Halley's Comet occurred in 1066 AD right before the Battle of Hastings. |
Although Edmond Halley predicted that Halley's Comet would appear in 1758, he died before it happened. |
The last appearance of Halley's Comet occurred in 1986. |
The next appearance of Halley's Comet will not occur until 2061. |
Halley's Comet is known as a short term comet because it takes less than 200 years to orbit the Sun. |
The comet is named after Edmond Halley because he is the person who discovered its period of orbit. |
During its return in 1986, Halley's Comet was able to be studied using spacecraft. |
The portion that has a glowing appearance on Halley's Comet is known as a coma. |
Halley's Comet is about 9 miles long. |
Halley's Comet is said to have originated in the Oort Cloud. |
The orbit of Halley's Comet is known as an elliptical orbit because of the shape it forms. |
At some point during its orbit, Halley's Comet becomes as far away from the Sun as Pluto and as close as Venus. |
The first record of Halley's Comet was found in a Chinese chronicle. |
It is believed by some that the Star of Bethlehem seen by the Wise Men when Jesus was born was actually Halley's Comet. |
Mark Twain was born during a Halley's Comet appearance and successfully predicted he would die during the next one. |
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