15 greatest comets of our time | Astronomy.com

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Comet Bennett, the brightest comet seen after Ikeya-Seki, was a magnitude 8.5 object when South African amateur astronomer John Caister Bennett discovered it Dec. 28, 1969. It reached naked-eye ...

Halley's Comet: Facts about history's most famous comet

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The comet, officially called 1P/Halley, is named after English astronomer Edmond Halley, who examined reports of a comet …

List of comets | Britannica

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This is an alphabetically ordered list of significant comets. ( See also asteroid; Centaur object; Earth impact hazard; Kuiper belt; meteor and meteoroid; small body .) Comet …

Top 10: Comets | New Scientist

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Halley’s Comet Halley’s Comet is the most famous of all comets. British astronomer Edmund Halley was the first to realise that comets are periodic, after …

The 9 Most Brilliant Comets Ever Seen | Space

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The Complete List of Comet Names - Little Astronomy

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Comets, planets, stars, and moons are famous for having really cool names inspired by mythology, art, nature, etc. They are great sources of inspiration when you …

Top 6 Most Famous Comets - CosmosPNW

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The Comet Hale-Bopp is perhaps the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades. The comet was named Hale-Bopp for both its discoverers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp …

Great Comets in History - NASA

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The Great September comet was a brilliant object that was observed very close to the sun, and split into at least four separate pieces near perihelion. This comet and comet Ikeya-Seki in 1965 are believed …

The Greatest Comets of the Past Century - Sky & Telescope

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John Bortle calls it “One of the grandest comets of the millennium!” McNaught January 6–25, 2007 This comet reached its peak brilliance on January 13th and 14th, when many could easily spot it in …

Comet Names and Designations; Comet Naming and …

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And, indeed, Halley's comet is the most famous of all comets today (though the name "Halley" is pronounced with a short "a", so that it rhymes with the English word "alley", …