Comet Halley

Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, more generally known as Halley's Comet after Edmond Halley, is the best-known and the brightest of the "short-period" comets from the Kuiper belt that visit the inner solar system in years or decades-long orbits rather than the millennial periods of comets from the Oort cloud.

Related Topics:
Edmond Halley - Comet - Kuiper belt - Solar system - Orbit - Oort cloud

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The most standard pronunciation of "Halley" is (IPA), to rhyme with "valley". The once-standard alternate pronunciation (to rhyme with "Bailey") led to rock and roll singer Bill Haley naming his band Bill Haley and the Comets.

Related Topics:
IPA - Rock and roll - Singer - Bill Haley - Bill Haley and the Comets

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