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.

Dates of perihelia

Comet Halley returned to perihelion on the following dates. It is usually visible to the unaided eye for a few months around perihelion.

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