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Comet Comeback

  • July 8, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Observers around the world have spotted Halley’s comet for centuries, but 18th-century astronomer Edmond Halley was the first to predict its orbit around the sun. It passes by Earth about once every 76 years, and will next appear in 2061. How old will you be then?

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