
This is a picture of Halley's Comet zooming over Earth.
This is an animation showing that Halley's Comet was
approached by the spacecraft: Gitto on March 13, 1986
Halley's Comet can be seen every 75-76 years
It was first seen and recorded in 240 BC
The last time it was seen was in 1986 it will be seen again in July 28, 2061.
Halley's comet orbits the sun, pretending that it is a planet.
The space shuttle Gitto gave astronomers a idea of what is on it's surface.
It's nucleus is extremely low it's scientific notation is 2.2 * 10 to the 14th power
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This is a diagram of what Halley's Comet looks like.
The Soviet Vega started sending back images of Halley on 1986 March 4th.