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CHWhere is Haley’s Comet?
It’s the most famous comet in the world and returns about every 75 to 76 years. It last appeared in 1986.
Right now the comet is still moving slowly away from us as its orbit has extended past Neptune.
While we know where it is, it cannot be seen. It’s too far away, too small, and too dimly lit. And it doesn’t have the sun’s heat to make a tail.
Nobody knows how many times Halley Comet has visited the inner solar system. But it may have first been recorded as early as 467 BC. ancient Greece.
Haley’s Comet will put on a show again in the months of July and August in the year 2061.
I hope I’m still around to see it.
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