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Harry comets
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Scientific comets
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Halley’s comets
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Edmond Halley’s comet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Halley is often called the most famous comet because it marked the first time astronomers understood comets could be repeat visitors to our night skies. Astronomers have now linked the comet’s appearances to observations dating back more than 2, 000 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Similarly, the second and third known periodic comets, Encke’s Comet and Biela’s Comet, were named after the astronomers who calculated their orbits rather than their original discoverers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The comet, officially called 1P/Halley, is named after English astronomer Edmond Halley, who examined reports of a comet approaching Earth in 1531, 1607 and 1682. He concluded that these three comets were actually the same comet returning over and over again, and predicted that it would return in 1758.
Detailed explanation-4: -Halley’s Comet. Halley’s Comet is the most famous of all comets. Shoemaker Levy-9. Hyakutake. Hale Bopp. Comet Borrelly. Comet Encke. Tempel-Tuttel. Comet Wild 2. More items •04-Sept-2006