1P/Halley
Cometplanetary systemESTABLISHED
Universe / Laniakea Supercluster / Local Group / Milky Way / Solar System / 1P/Halley
Most famous short-period comet; returns roughly every 76 years.
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radius6 km
mass2.20e+14 kg
mass (M⊕)3.68e-11 M⊕
semi-major17.83 AU
eccentricity0.967
inclination162.3°
period75.32 yr
scale domainplanetary system
true distance17.8 AU
rendered radius55.0 u
directionsymbolic
Radial distance is real (compressed for this scale domain); angular direction is symbolic — the source has distance-from-Earth but no RA/Dec.
confidence82%
evidenceestablished
imported fromseed
sources
- · JPL Small-Body Database (dataset)
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children
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same type (comet)