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Halley’s Comet: References & Edit History

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  • Paul Weissman
    Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Pasadena, California. He has worked on the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Asteroid 3197 Weissman is named for him.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Live Science - Halley's Comet has begun its return journey to Earth. Dec 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Halley's comet is quite young. Aug 20, 2024
Add new Web site: NASA Technical Reports Server - Comet Halley and History. Jun 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Science Museum - Halley's Comet: Collisions with history. Sep 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Penn Museum - Halley’s Comet. Apr 28, 2023
Add new Web site: NASA Science - 1P/Halley. May 29, 2020
Add new Web site: Space.com - Halley's Comet: Facts About the Most Famous Comet. May 29, 2020
Changed date on which Halley's Comet passed closest to Earth in 1986 from April 11 to April 10. Nov 04, 2015
Article revised and updated. Feb 06, 2015
Add new Web site: KidsAstronomy.com - Halley's Comet. Aug 12, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Halley's Comet. Jan 13, 2014
Mentioned possible observation of Halley's Comet in 467/466 BCE. Sep 15, 2010
Added photograph. Jan 14, 2009
Article revised and updated. Feb 19, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 10, 2006
Added new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 08, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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