It’s Not a Bird…It’s Not a Plane… It’s Halley’s Comet – The Man and His Discovery

Halley’s Comet – What’s so special About it?

The most popular comet of our galaxy system, Halley’s comet is a periodic comet. It returns after every 75 or 76 years. It was visible in 1986 and is expected to be seen again in 2061. The first recorded observation of Halley’s comet comes from 239 B.C. As per the European Space Agency, Chinese astronomers recorded the passing of Halley’s comet in Shih Chi and Wen-Hsien Thung Khao chronicles.

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BULGARIA – SEPTEMBER 06: Sheet commemorating the Passage of Halley’s Comet (1986), depicting the portrait of Edmund Halley (1656-1742), the orbit of the comet and artificial satellites, 1986. Bulgaria, 20th century. Bulgaria (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

There is another study which takes the observation back to 466 B.C. which means Ancient Greeks may have witnessed it. After this, Halley’s comet made an appearance in 164 B.C. and 87 B.C. Hence, it must be present in the Babylonian records which are now in the British Museum in London.

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