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  2. Comet - Wikipedia

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    At the shorter orbital period extreme, Encke's Comet has an orbit that does not reach the orbit of Jupiter, and is known as an Encke-type comet. Short-period comets with orbital periods less than 20 years and low inclinations (up to 30 degrees) to the ecliptic are called traditional Jupiter-family comets (JFCs).

  3. Halley's Comet - Wikipedia

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    Because its orbit comes close to Earth's in two places, Halley is associated with two meteor showers: the Eta Aquariids in early May, and the Orionids in late October. [47] Halley is classified as a periodic or short-period comet: one with an orbit lasting 200 years or less. [48]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Comet pays once-in 160,000-year visit to Earth's nighttime skies

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    NASA Astronaut Don Petit captured an image on Saturday of the comet from his view 200 miles above Earth on the International Space Station. "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit.

  6. ‘Mega comet' 60 miles wide is about to fly through the solar ...

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    Other comets that orbit the sun more frequently are easier to predict, such as Halley's Comet. This is a shorter-period comet that orbits the sun once every 75 years and is slated to glow in the ...

  7. List of periodic comets - Wikipedia

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    Periodic comets (also known as short-period comets) are comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years or that have been observed during more than a single perihelion passage [1] (e.g. 153P/Ikeya–Zhang). "Periodic comet" is also sometimes used to mean any comet with a periodic orbit, even if greater than 200 years.

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

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    Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit ... Comet C/2023 A3 making closest pass to Earth. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now ...

  9. 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 ...