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Historical Comets and Their Discoverers
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Comet Biela
Year of discovery: 1826; Discoverer's names: Wilhelm von Biela
Comet Holmes
Year of discovery: 1892; Discoverer's name: Edwin Holmes
Comet Encke
Year of discovery: 1786; Discoverer's name: Pierre Méchain
Comet Wild 2
Year of discovery: 1978; Discoverer's name: Paul Wild
Comet Hyakutake
Year of discovery: 1996; Discoverer's name: Yuji Hyakutake
Comet Swift-Tuttle
Year of discovery: 1862; Discoverer's names: Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Year of discovery: 1993; Discoverer's names: Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David Levy
Hale-Bopp
Year of discovery: 1995; Discoverer's names: Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp
Comet Borrelly
Year of discovery: 1904; Discoverer's name: Alphonse Borrelly
Halley's Comet
Year of discovery: Predicted to return in 1758, first observed in antiquity; Discoverer's name: Edmond Halley (prediction)
Comet Hale-Bopp
Year of discovery: 1995; Discoverer's names: Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp
Comet Lovejoy
Year of discovery: 2011; Discoverer's name: Terry Lovejoy
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