Explore tens of thousands of sets crafted by our community.
Famous Comets in History
15
Flashcards
0/15
Comet Lovejoy
Features: Survived close pass to the Sun, Bright, Orbital Period: about 314 years, Last Appearance: 2011
Comet Holmes
Features: Underwent a massive outburst, Yellowish cloud, Orbital Period: about 6.9 years, Last Appearance: Visible outburst in 2007
Comet Hyakutake
Features: Blue-green coma, Long tail, Orbital Period: about 17,000 years, Last Appearance: 1996
Comet Wild 2
Features: Visited by the Stardust spacecraft, Relatively young, Orbital Period: about 6.4 years, Last Appearance: 2010
Comet Hale-Bopp
Features: Extremely bright, Large nucleus, Orbital Period: roughly 2,533 years, Last Appearance: 1997
Halley's Comet
Features: Observable by the naked eye, Periodic, Orbital Period: 75-76 years, Last Appearance: 1986
Comet Arend-Roland
Features: Two tails, Anti-tail, Orbital Period: about 316 years, Last Appearance: 1957
Comet West
Features: Bright tail, Multiple tails, Orbital Period: around 558,000 years, Last Appearance: 1976
Comet Borrelly
Features: Elongated nucleus, Orbital Period: about 6.9 years, Last Appearance: 2001
Comet Encke
Features: Shortest period of any known long-period comets, Orbital Period: about 3.3 years, Last Appearance: 2017
Comet Bennett
Features: Observable without telescope, Three tails, Orbital Period: about 1,700 years, Last Appearance: 1970
Comet Swift-Tuttle
Features: Parent body of the Perseid meteor shower, Large nucleus, Orbital Period: 133 years, Last Appearance: 1992
Comet McNaught
Features: Brightest comet of recent times, Visible in daylight, Orbital Period: about 92,600 years, Last Appearance: 2007
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Features: Fragmented, Orbital Period: Initially around Jupiter, Last Appearance: Impact with Jupiter in 1994
Comet Tempel 1
Features: Visited by Deep Impact and Stardust missions, Orbital Period: about 5.5 years, Last Appearance: 2011
© Hypatia.Tech. 2024 All rights reserved.