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Halley

1992 Spaceship Giotto, Halley 1986, approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km 1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 1986 U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km 1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun) 1985 Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei 1985 Suisei Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby) 1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet 1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto (Halley's Comet Flyby) 1985 En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley 1985 Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet 1985 Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet 1984 U.S.S.R. launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come 1984 U.S.S.R. launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet 1982 Mt. Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return 1970 Bill Halley and Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia 1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic 1910 Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass 1910 Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1910 Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) 1909 Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet 1759 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1758 Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return 1742 Edmund Halley, genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 85 1742 Edmond Halley, English Scientist 1723 J G Palitzsch, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz 1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England 1715 Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads" 1682 English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet 1679 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig 1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford 1673 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate 1656 Edmund Halley, English astronomer, comet of Halley 1656 Edmond Halley, English Scientist 1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1061 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed 837 Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years 837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth 837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 760 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 607 Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth 607 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 451 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 374 Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth 374 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

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