SOLAR SYSTEM

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: -Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.