INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HALLEY'S COMET :-

1. Halley’s Comet is named after English astronomer Edmond Halley who first determined its period of orbit. It was the first comet to be recognized as having a periodic orbit.

2. It is known as a periodic comet (or short term comet) because the time it takes to orbit the Sun is less than 200 years.Halley’s Comet is the most well known comet.

3. Records of humans observing Halley’s Comet go back thousands of years, with appearances noted by Babylonian, Chinese and European star gazers.

4. It can be seen with the naked eye from Earth every 75 to 76 years. It last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986 and will return again sometime in 2061

5. The tail and fuzzy glow you see around Halley’s Comet is known as a coma. The coma over Halley’s Comet can stretch up to 100,000 km across