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141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's CometComet Halley Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, more generally known as Halley's Comet after ...
837 Comet Halley passes approximately 5 million km from Earth - its closest ever approach to Earth.
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1531 The Comet Halley appears.
1835 Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun.
1909 Comet Halley first recorded on a photographic plate.
1910 The earthEarth Earth is the third planet [i] in the solar system [i] in terms of distance from the Sun [i], and the fi ...
passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
1986 Comet Halley reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century.