Comet Halley (1P/Halley)

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Apr 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002eaa..booke2166d&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2166. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Comets

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Comet Halley is probably the most famous comet on record. The reason is that it is the only bright comet, easily visible with the unaided eye, that comes back so often, namely with a periodicity that is never very different from 76 years. Since such a periodicity is roughly comparable to the duration of a human life, grandparents talk about it to their grandchildren and oral tradition has establi...

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