Comet Halley
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Halley — may refer to: People* Edmond Halley (1656 – 1742), English Astronomer Royal * Paul Louis Halley (1934 – 2003), French businessman * Peter Halley (born 1953), American abstract painter * Dave Halley (born 1986), English Rugby League player * Jen… … Wikipedia
Halley's Comet — For the video game, see Halley s Comet (video game). 1P/Halley (Halley s Comet) Halley s Comet on March 8, 1986 Discovery … Wikipedia
comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… … Universalium
Comet nucleus — The nucleus of Comet Tempel 1. The nucleus is the solid, central part of a comet, popularly termed a dirty snowball. A cometary nucleus is composed of rock, dust, and frozen gases. When heated by the Sun, the gases sublimate and produce an… … Wikipedia
Halley's comet — /hal eez/ or, sometimes, /hay leez/, n. a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986. [named after Edmund HALLEY, who first… … Universalium
Halley, Edmond — born Nov. 8, 1656, Haggerston, Shoreditch, near London died Jan. 14, 1742, Greenwich, near London English astronomer and mathematician. He studied at the University of Oxford. In 1676 he set sail for the South Atlantic with the intention of… … Universalium
Halley Armada — The Halley Armada is a group of space probes sent to examine Comet Halley during its 1986 sojourn through the inner solar system. The armada consisted of one probe from the European Space Agency, two probes that were joint projects between the… … Wikipedia
Halley (Komet) — 1P/Halley Der Halleysche Komet am 8. März 1986 (W. Liller) Eigenschaften des Orbits (Simulation) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Halley's Comet — noun /ˌhæliːz ˈkɒmɪt,ˌheɪliːz ˈkɒmɪt/ A very bright comet which can be seen every 75 76 years. Syn: 1P/Halley, Comet Halley, Halley … Wiktionary
Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby — Conceptual artwork of the CRAF spacecraft The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) was a cancelled plan for a NASA led exploratory mission designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s, that planned to… … Wikipedia
