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  2. Comet Hale–Bopp - Wikipedia

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    Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades. [citation needed] Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered Comet Hale–Bopp separately on July 23, 1995, before it became visible to the naked eye.

  3. Lists of comets - Wikipedia

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    Coin showing Caesar's Comet as a star with eight rays, tail upward. Non-periodic comets are seen only once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever.

  4. List of periodic comets - Wikipedia

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    In comet nomenclature, the letter before the "/" is either "C" (a non-periodic comet), "P" (a periodic comet), "D" (a comet that has been lost or has disintegrated), "X" (a comet for which no reliable orbit could be calculated —usually historical comets), "I" for an interstellar object, or "A" for an object that was either mistakenly ...

  5. List of numbered comets - Wikipedia

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    In 1995, comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, broke up into several pieces and as of its last perihelion date, the pieces numbered at least 67 with 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann C as the presumed original nucleus. Because of the enormous number, the pieces of it have been compiled into a separate list.

  6. List of long-period comets - Wikipedia

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    The following list is of comets with very long orbital periods, defined as between 200 and 1000 years.These comets come from the Kuiper belt and scattered disk, beyond the orbit of Pluto, with possible origins in the Oort cloud for many.

  7. Comet Leonard is buzzing past Earth and you have one ... - AOL

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    A once-in-a-lifetime comet sighting is happening throughout December, and you don’t want to miss it. Everyone is talking about Comet Leonard because it’s so unique, and you’ll soon be able ...

  8. Did you miss the rare comet last night? Here's how to see it ...

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    A rare comet, visible once every 80,000 years, graced the Texas sky last night. How's how to see it again this week and how it got its name.

  9. Comet Hyakutake - Wikipedia

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    Comet Hyakutake's trajectory through the inner solar system, with a high inclination, passed closest to the earth in late March 1996, passing over the earth's north pole. It was at perihelion on May 1. When the first calculations of the comet's orbit were made, scientists realized that it was going to pass just 0.1 AU from Earth on 25 March. [12]