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Hayley's comet is not always the same distance from the sun. This is because it has an elliptical orbit. When the comet is closest to the sun the ice begins to burn up forming the tail.

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Hayley's Comet does not orbit the Earth. It has a long elliptical orbit around the Sun, and gets as far out as the orbits of Neptune and Pluto (35.1 AU) , only to return to the inner solar system every 75-76 years. (Its orbit is perturbed by some planets.) It last reached perihelion (closest to the Sun) in 1986, and it will not return until 2061.


When a comet is close to the sun is it faster or slower than when it is far away from the sun?

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Hayleys comet name?

Named after Edmund Halley, who recognized that the three different comets seen was actually the same comet returning every 75 to 76 years.


How far away is Halley's comet from the sun?

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Which part of the comet exists when the comet is close to the sun and also when it is far from the sun?

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The population of Hayleys is 31,000.


When did Hayleys comet come last?

HayleysComet will come about 2061!!!!!!!!!!!! It last came in 1986.


Which part of the comet exists both when the comet is close to the sun and when the comet is far away from the sun?

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When was Hayleys created?

Hayleys was created on 1878-01-10.


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