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  2. 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 ...

  3. Lists of comets - Wikipedia

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    Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number of decades. The official names of non-periodic comets begin with a "C"; the names of periodic comets begin with "P" or a number followed by "P". Comets that have been lost or disappeared have names with a "D". Comets whose ...

  4. Comet - Wikipedia

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    The appearance of a comet is called an apparition. Extinct comets that have passed close to the Sun many times have lost nearly all of their volatile ices and dust and may come to resemble small asteroids. [3] Asteroids are thought to have a different origin from comets, having formed inside the orbit of Jupiter rather than in the outer Solar ...

  5. Striking photos show stunning, once-in-a-lifetime comet ... - AOL

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    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) appears in the western sky shortly after sunset above rock formations in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on October 13, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  6. Halley's Comet - Wikipedia

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    Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, [16] appearing every 72–80 years, [17] though with the majority of recorded apparations (25 of 30) occurring after 75–77 years.

  7. Rare October Comet Expected to Be Visible to the Naked ... - AOL

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    Look up! A bright comet is expected to light up the sky this week. Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, also known as C/2023 A3, is making its way towards Earth and is expected to be visible to the naked eye ...

  8. 55P/Tempel–Tuttle - Wikipedia

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    The nucleus of the comet was observed by Hubble Space Telescope during the 1998 apparition and assuming an albedo of 0.04 its nucleus was estimated to have a mean radius of 1.8 km. [6] The nucleus has red color, with a B-V 0.75 ± 0.05 and V-R 0.51 ± 0.05. [7]

  9. List of long-period comets - Wikipedia

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    These comets come from the Kuiper belt and scattered disk, beyond the orbit of Pluto, with possible origins in the Oort cloud for many. For comets with an orbital period of over 1000 years (semi-major axis greater than ~100 AU), see the List of near-parabolic comets.