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Itisoneofthemostspectacularnakedeyecometsinhistoryandoneofthemostobservablecometsforseveraldecades.It
wasdiscoveredin1995byamateurastronomersAlanHaleinNewMexicoandThomasBoppinArizona.Itwasvisibleto
thenakedeyeforarecord18months,twiceaslongasthepreviousrecordholder,theGreatCometof1811.Thislongperiod
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CometLovejoywasoneofthebrightestandmostactivecometssincecometHaleBoppin1997.Thecometpassedclosest
tothesunonJanuary30,2015,whenitwasreleasingwaterattherateof20tonspersecond.

Lastflyby:2011

Nextflyby:2633?

CometLovejoywasoneofthebrightestandmostactivecometssincecometHaleBoppin1997.
LovejoypassedclosesttothesunonJanuary30,2015,whenitwasreleasingwaterattherate
of20tonspersecond.
Theteamobservedtheatmosphereofthecometaroundthistimewhenitwasbrightestandmostactive.
Thislongperiodcometreleasedlargeamountsofalcohol(thesametypeisusedinalcoholicbeverages)aswellasatypeof

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sugarintospace,accordingtonewobservationsbyaninternationalteam.
Thefindingstronglysuggeststhatcometscouldhavebeenasourceofthecomplexorganicmoleculesnecessaryforthe
emergenceoflife.

InDecemberof2011,CometLovejoy(C/2011W3)surprisedastronomersbytravelingthroughtheSunscoronaandsurvived
anestimated2,200,000F(1,200,000C)!

4. Hyakutake

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TheHubbleSpaceTelescopestudiedthenucleusofthislongperiodcometingreatdetail.ThisisnotCometHyakutakesfirst
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Astronomershavecalculateditsorbitandbelieveitwashereabout8,000yearsago.ItsorbitwillnotbringitneartheSun
againforabout14,000years.

ThespacecraftUlyssesaccidentallypassedthroughHyakutakestailinMay1996,andrecordeditasatleast570millionkm
(350millionmiles)long,whichmeanstwiceaslongasthatofanyotherknowncomet.

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Lastflyby:1976

Nextflyby:256000

Whenthislongperiodcometpassedthroughtheinnersolarsystemin1976,itwasoneofthebrightestobjectsinthenight
sky.

Itisoftendescribedasagreatcomet.

Thecomethasunusuallychaoticorbitalperiodchaotic(morethan250thousandyearsandmaybemillionsofyears).The
comethasanestimatedorbitalperiodof558,000years.

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Lastflyby:1965

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Basedonreportsofobservers,itapproachedperihelionandwasclearlyvisibleinthedaytimeskynexttotheSun.InJapan,
itwasseenshiningatmagnitude10(oneofthebrightestcometsseeninthelastthousandyears)andissometimesknown
astheGreatCometof1965.

Suddenlyitbrokeintothreepiecesjustbeforeitsperihelionpassage.Thethreepiecescontinuedinalmostidenticalorbits,
andthecometreappearedinthemorningskyinlateOctober,showingaverybrighttail.Byearly1966,ithadfadedfrom
viewasitrecededintotheoutersolarsystem.

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IkeyaSeki,whichisalongperiodcomet,isamemberoftheKreutzsungrazers,whicharebelievedtobefragmentsofone
largecometthatbrokeupseveralcenturiesago,in1106.

7. Arend-Roland

ArendRolandcometwithananomaloustail.Imageviabelgiuminspace.be

Lastflyby:1957

Nextflyby:never

Discoveredin1956,CometArendRolandwasthefirstgreatcometvisibleintheNorthernHemispheresincethe1910
appearanceofHalleysComet,andtodayitsthoughtofasthefirstgreatcometofthemodernera.

Itreachedperihelion(0.32AU)onApril8,1957,passedwithin0.57AUofEarthonApril21,andreachedamaximum
brightnessofmagnitude1.

Itwastravelingonahyperbolicorbit,meaningitistravelingfastenoughtoescapefromtheSolarSystementirely,thereforeit
willneverbeseenagainbyearthboundobservers.ArendRolandcometwasanonperiodiccometthatonlypassedthrough

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theSolarSystemonce.

8. McNaught

CometMcNaught(2007)overthePacificoceanasviewedfromtheESOParanalObservatory.Credits:ESO/Sebastian
Deiries

Lastflyby:2007

Nextflyby:95000

Itwasthebrightestcometinover40years,andwaseasilyvisibletothenakedeyeforobserversintheSouthernHemisphere
inJanuaryandFebruary2007.

McNaught,whichisanonperiodiccomet,isconsideredoneofthemostbeautifulnakedeyecometsinrecordedhistory.
NASAobservedthecometusingSOHO(SolarandHeliosphericObservatory).

Strangely,Ulyssesalsopassedthroughitstail,justasitdidin1996withHyakutakecomet.

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