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The
Appearances of Halley's Comet
|
Perihelion
Date |
Date
Nearest to Earth |
AU[1] |
First
Recorded |
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25
May 240 BC |
3
June 240 BC |
0.45 |
China,
between 25 May and 23 June |
|
12
November 164 BC |
28 November 164 BC |
0.11 |
Reference found in 1984 on Babylonian tablets owned by the
British Museum |
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6
August 87 BC |
27
July 87 BC |
0.44 |
The
Babylonians, from 14 July |
|
10
October 12 BC |
9
September 12 BC |
0.16 |
China,
26 August |
|
25
January AD 66 |
20
March AD 66 |
0.26 |
China,
26 January |
|
22
March 141 |
21
April 141 |
0.17 |
China,
27 March |
|
17
May 218 |
30
May 218 |
0.42 |
China,
between 14 April and 12 May |
|
20
April 295 |
11
May 295 |
0.32 |
China, 30 April |
|
16
February 374 |
1
April 374 |
0.09
|
China,
3 March |
|
28
June 451 |
30
June 451 |
0.49 |
China,
10 June |
|
27
September 530 |
2
September 530 |
0.28 |
China,
28 August |
|
15
March 607 |
19
April 607 |
0.09 |
China,
28 February (more likely late March) |
|
2
October 684 |
6
September 684 |
0.26 |
China,
6 September |
|
20
May 760 |
2
June 760 |
0.41 |
China,
16 May |
|
28
February, 837 |
10
April 837 |
0.03 |
China,
22 March |
|
18
July 912 |
15
July 912 |
0.49 |
Japan,
19 July |
|
5
September 989 |
20
August 989 |
0.39 |
Switzerland,
10 August |
|
20
March 1066 |
23
April 1066 |
0.10 |
China,
2 April |
|
18
April 1145 |
12
May 1145 |
0.27 |
Europe
(by A. Pingre), 15 April |
|
28
September 1222 |
5
September 1222 |
0.31 |
Korea,
2 September |
|
25
October 1301 |
23
September 1301 |
0.18 |
Japan,
15 September |
|
10
November 1378 |
3
October 1378 |
0.12 |
China,
26 September |
|
9
June 1456 |
18
June 1456 |
0.45 |
China,
27 May |
|
26
August 1531 |
14
August 1531 |
0.44 |
China,
5 August |
|
27
October 1607 |
29
October 1607 |
0.25 |
Various
countries. China, from 21 September |
|
15
September 1682 |
31
August 1682 |
0.42 |
Maryland
(USA), 24 August |
|
13
March 1759 |
26
April 1759 |
0.12 |
J.G.
Palitzsch, Germany, 28 December 1758[2] |
|
16
November 1835 |
12
October 1835 |
0.19 |
E.
Dumouchel, Rome, 5 August 1835 |
|
20
April 1910 |
20
May 1910 |
0.15 |
Helwan,
Egypt (images appearing on photographic plates), 24 August
1909 |
|
9
February 1986 |
11
April 1986 |
0.42 |
D.C.
Jewitt & Danielson, Palomar Mountain, 16 October 1982 |
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Notes
1. 1 AU = 149,597,870.691 kilometres
2. Marks the first deliberate recovery of a periodic comet
Sources
Seargent, D. A. The Greatest Comets in History.
New York: Springer, 2009. |
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