1997 Event Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU) 1989 Event Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion 1989 Event Comet du Toit at perihelion 1989 Event Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion 1989 Event Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion 1986 Event Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun) 1973 Event Comet Kohoutek at perihelion 1910 Event Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1900 Event Perihelion Passage 1759 Event 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1456 Event 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1145 Event 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1066 Event 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 837 Event 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 760 Event 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 607 Event 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 451 Event 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 374 Event 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 295 Event 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 218 Event 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 141 Event 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 66 Event 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet