comets

swift tuttle

Aug 13, 1862

This comet was discoverd by Lewis Swift and Horace TuttleThis Comet moves closer to the sun every 120 years.It was named after the discoveres last names.

halleys comet

Oct 20, 1986

halleys comet was last seen in 1986 and will be seen again in 2061

SML9

Jul 16, 1994

when shoe maker levy 9 collided with jupiter

Hale Bopp

Jul 23, 1995

Hale Bopp holds a record of longest naked-eye visibility.An astonishing 19 months

yuji hyakutake

Jan 30, 1996

Pronounced "hyah-koo-tah-kay". The Hubble Spce telescope studied the nucleous of ths comet in great detail. It's orbit will not bring it near the Sun for about 14.000 years