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It would be HIGHLY unlikely; Halley's Comet doesn't intersect Earth's orbital path at any point. It's possible that someday in the distant future Halley's Comet might get close enough to Jupiter or Saturn to be tugged into a collision orbit, but at the moment we see no chance that this will happen.
It would be far more likely for Earth to be hit by some comet or asteroid that we are entirely unaware of, coming from deep space.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoHalley's comet cannot currently be seen with the naked eye from Earth. It's not an easy target even for the largest Earth-bound telescopes; one of the huge ones in Chile managed it a couple of years ago, but the comet is now even further away and fainter than it was then. When it returns around 2060 it will be visible from most places on Earth.
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∙ 12y agoIn the sky. The same place it's been seen about every 3/4 century since.
The first certain recorded observation of the comet we now know as "Halley's comet" occurred in a Chinese chronicle dating to 240 BC. A Greek document of even earlier (467 BC) may have been Halley's, but the identification is not certain.
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∙ 7y agoComets have hit the Earth before; there is no reason why a comet could not hit the Earth in the future. Unless we prevent it, which is what would probably happen.
This year? Certainly not; we would have seen it before now.
Within the next ten years? The odds of that would be VERY low.
Within the next 1,000 years? Could be.
Within the next BILLION years? Almost certainly yes.
Within the next 2 BILLION years? YES!
Given enough time, anything can happen.
But we as a human would die before a comet would hit the earth due to global warming:>:>:>
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∙ 11y agoHalley's Comet is currently moving very slowly, receding from the Sun a little past the orbit of Neptune. When it reaches aphelion in about 2020, it will begin to fall, very slowly, in toward the Sun. We expect to see it in approximately 2060 or 2061, although it will probably be visible in large telescopes many years before that.
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∙ 9y agoAnswer: Some comet may certainly hit a planet; a few years ago, one hit Jupiter. Halley's comet, however, doesn't seem to be in an orbit that will make it crash into any planet, and it will most likely disintegrate before its orbit changes enough for this to happen, since comets have a fairly short lifetime.
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∙ 14y agoIt is visible to the naked eye under the right circumstances
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∙ 12y agoThe current prediction is for some time in 2061.
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It will return to out naked eyes by July 2061. If you're still alive, you'll be able to see it.
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Will Comet Mitchell aka C1847 T1 ever return if so when?
Comet C1847 T1, "Maria Mitchell's Comet", was on a hyperbolic trajectory and is not expected to return to the inner solar system.
When is the next halleys comment due to pass the earth?
We expect the only Halley's Comet there is to return to the inner solar system in 2061. That means it'll get close enough to the sun so that we can see it, but we can't tell yet exactly how close to earth it's likely to get.
Comet which seen in every 73 years?
That is Halley's comet, named after English astronomer Edmond Halley,
When is Comelian's Comet coming back?
Halley's Comet or Comet Halley (officially designated 1P/Halley) is the most famous of theperiodic comets and can currently be seen every 75--76 years. Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986, and will next appear in mid-2061.
What do comet get each time they complete a solar trip?
Smaller. Each time it passes the Sun, the comet boils off some of its icy gasses, and the dust is carried away from the comet by the solar wind. Light hitting the gas and dust cause the luminous "tail" of the comet. In the long run, every comet will disintegrate as the Sun evaporates the ice that holds it together. The fact that we still see comets 4.5 billion years after the birth of the solar system indicates that there must be a vast reservoir of new cometary nuclei that occasionally fall into the inner solar system. This is the origin of the "Oort cloud" theory.
Will Comet Mitchell aka C1847 T1 ever return if so when?
Comet C1847 T1, "Maria Mitchell's Comet", was on a hyperbolic trajectory and is not expected to return to the inner solar system.
What does Halley's comet mean for the future?
What does Halley's Comet mean for the future? Nothing special; the comet will return to the inner solar system in 2061, and ought to be a pretty special view. But in the grand scheme of things, it has no special significance.
Is halley comet an periodic comet?
Yes. Halley's Comet returns to the inner solar system about every 76 years.
What is the name of an object which enters the inner solar system?
Comet
When is the next halleys comment due to pass the earth?
We expect the only Halley's Comet there is to return to the inner solar system in 2061. That means it'll get close enough to the sun so that we can see it, but we can't tell yet exactly how close to earth it's likely to get.
When is halleys comet coming again?
It can be seen every 75-76 years. The next predicted perihelion of Halley's Comet will be 28 July 2061.
Halley's Comet returns to the inner solar system every?
74 yo 76 years
When was the last time Halley's comet cruised our galaxy?
Right now. Halley's comet never leaves the galaxy; it doesn't even get very far away from the Sun, astronomically speaking. The last time it was in the inner solar system was around 1986, and it will return around 2061.
How long ago was Haleys Coment?
Returns of Halley's Comet to the inner solar system have been observed and recorded by astronomers at least as far back as 240 BCE. Clear reports of its appearances were made by Chinese, Babylonian, and medieval European observers, but the events were not recognized as reappearances of the same object. Halley's Comet was last visible in the inner solar system in 1986, and is expected to return next in mid-2061.
What is the next comet to come aroud the Earth?
There are probably THOUSANDS of different periodic comets. There are a couple of HUNDRED whose orbital parameters, like those of Comet Halley, are known with some precision. That leaves thousands MORE comets that have never, since astronomical records have been kept, visited the inner solar system - and possibly thousands more that are "hyperbolic" comets, meaning that they have never been here before and will never return to the inner system. So generally, the first we know of a comet is when it is discovered by comet hunters. By happy coincidence, there is a comet approaching the Sun even as we speak; Comet Yi-SWAN, which is apparently on its first visit to the inner system. It seems unlikely to be all that spectacular, but new comets fresh from deep space and potentially packed with volatile ices and chemicals are full of surprises.
Did the Hale-Bopp comet strike Jupiter when it was pulled apart by Jupiter's gravity?
No. You may be thinking of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which did break up and then crash into Jupiter. Hale-Bopp is still headed outward from the Sun, and is expected to return to the inner solar system around the year 4530.
When is the next Halley's comet?
halleys comet will return in 2061.
