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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which comet is often considered as the most famous comet?
A
Ceres
B
Halley’s Comet
C
Holly’s Comet
D
Orionid
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -Halley’s Comet, also called Comet Halley, the first comet whose return was predicted and, almost three centuries later, the first to be imaged up close by interplanetary spacecraft. In 1705 English astronomer Edmond Halley published the first catalog of the orbits of 24 comets.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -To honor Halley’s prediction, astronomers named the comet after him and today it is officially known as 1P/Halley, the P denoting it is a periodic comet. The Library of Congress. Right: Comet Halley as it appeared in 1986. Halley’s Comet continued its periodic return to the inner solar system in 1835, 1910, and 1986.

Detailed explanation-6: -It is a periodic comet that returns to Earth every 75 years. The last time it was here was in 1986, and it is projected to return in 2061. It is named after the English astronomer Edmond Halley, who examined the reports of a comet approaching the Earth in 1531, 1607 and 1682.

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