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Description: Had information on a few famous comets, and when they will be able to be seen next.
EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. Halley's comet is a periodic comet (made of frozen gas and dust), that orbits around the sun. Its earliest-recorded sighting was in 240 B.C. in China, but Edmund Halley was the first person to recognize that it was periodic. It was last seen in 1986 and will be seen next in the year 2061; its period is 76 years. When the Earth passes through Halley's comet's orbit (twice each year), its detritus causes the
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| Page title: | Comets: Zoom Astronomy |
| Keywords: | comets. comet, long-period comet, long period comet, Halley's comet, short period comet, Oort cloud, Kuiper belt, astronomy, K-3, K-6, K-12 curriculum, classroom projects, preschoolers, K-12 |
| Description: | Comets. |
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