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In Depth | 1P Halley – NASA Solar System Exploration Halley is often called the most famous comet because it marked the first time astronomers understood comets could be repeat visitors to our night skies Astronomers have now linked the comet's appearances to observations dating back more than 2,000 years
In Depth | 2P Encke – NASA Solar System Exploration Overview Comet 2P Encke is a small comet Its nucleus measures approximately 2 98 miles (4 8 kilometers) in diameter, which is about a third of the size of the object hypothesized to have led to the demise of the dinosaurs It takes 3 30 years for Enke to orbit the sun once
C 1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) - NASA Solar System Exploration Comet Hale-Bopp (C 1995 O1) was discovered on 23 July 1995 by two independent observers, Alan Hale (Cloudcroft, N M ) and Thomas Bopp (Stanfield, AZ), and is showing potential of putting on a spectacular display as it nears its 1997 perihelion
Stardust | JPL | NASA On July 23, 1995, an unusually bright comet outside of Jupiter's orbit (7 15 AU!) was discovered independently by Alan Hale, New Mexico and Thomas Bopp, Arizona
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud - NASA Solar System Exploration Occasionally, giant molecular clouds, stars passing nearby, or tidal interactions with the Milky Way’s disc disturb the orbit of one of these bodies in the outer region of the Oort Cloud, causing the object to streak into the inner solar system as a so-called long-period comet
Jupiter - NASA Solar System Exploration Eclipse Soundscapes Volunteers Still Engaged in Scientific Discovery Post-Eclipse Blog 2 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Tracks Interstellar Comet 3I ATLAS Jupiter 18 Images Go To Gallery
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 - NASA Solar System Exploration Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered by Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker and David Levy in a photograph taken on Mar 18, 1993, with the 0 4-meter Schmidt telescope at Mt Palomar
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration The planetary system we call home is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids Beyond our own solar system, there