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  2. C/1963 R1 (Pereyra) - Wikipedia

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    Comet Pereyra (formal designations: C/1963 R1, 1963 V, and 1963e) was a bright comet that appeared in 1963. It was a member of the Kreutz Sungrazers , a group of comets that pass extremely close to the Sun .

  3. Comet tail - Wikipedia

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    A comet tail and coma are visible features of a comet when they are illuminated by the Sun and may become visible from Earth when a comet passes through the inner Solar System. As a comet approaches the inner Solar System, solar radiation causes the volatile materials within the comet to vaporize and stream out of the nucleus , carrying dust ...

  4. List of comets by type - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of comets (bodies that travel in elliptical, parabolic, and sometimes hyperbolic orbits and display a tail behind them) listed by type. Comets are sorted into four categories: periodic comets (e.g. Halley's Comet), non-periodic comets (e.g. Comet Hale–Bopp), comets with no meaningful orbit (the Great Comet of 1106), and lost comets (), displayed as either P (periodic), C (non ...

  5. Rare comet may be visible to the naked eye. Here's ... - AOL

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    At that time, the comet's tail will essentially be pointing right at Earth. However, in the days to follow, the tail will pivot eastward, making for dramatic changes in viewing from night to night ...

  6. List of periodic comets - Wikipedia

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    Even so, quite a few comets were lost because their orbits are also affected by non-gravitational effects such as the release of gas and other material that forms the comet's coma and tail. Unlike a long-period comet, the next perihelion passage of a numbered periodic comet can be predicted with a high degree of accuracy.

  7. How much longer can the 'comet of the century' be seen ... - AOL

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    Sky at Night Magazine added, "Comet A3 will actually look like either a short section of an airplane contrail in the sky, perhaps as long as your index finger, or a little longer, or it will look ...

  8. List of hyperbolic comets - Wikipedia

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    By definition, a hyperbolic orbit means that the comet will only travel through the Solar System once, with the Sun acting as a gravitational slingshot, sending the comet hurtling out of the Solar System entirely unless its eccentricity is otherwise changed. Comets orbiting in this way still originate from the Solar System, however.

  9. This comet is making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Here ...

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    What is comet C/2023 A3? The approach of Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS has particularly excited astronomers because it is a long-period comet, meaning the comet takes more than 200 years — or 80,000 ...