Halley's Comet
At a glance
- Type
- Comet
- Distance
- Solar System
- Naked eye
- Seen without a telescope
- Known since
- Before telescopes (before 1600)
- Colour
- White, Blue
- Feature
- Tail
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Halley's Comet comes back about every 76 years and is next due in 2061.
- Halley's Comet is named after Edmond Halley, who first worked out that it keeps returning.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q23054 · All space objects · All entries