Halley's comet - which returns to our solar system approximately every 75 years - is one example, named after it's discoverer Edmund Halley. Another notable example is Shoemaker-Levy 9. It was observed orbiting the planet Jupiter, but the orbit was decaying - leading to the prediction that it was to crash into Jupiter's surface.
the 2 famous comets are halebopps comet and halleys comet
Lexell's Comet and Halley's Comet are two famous comets. Lexell's Comet was discovered in 1770, while Halley's Comet was discovered in prehistoric times.
Hale-Bopp and Haley's comet
think about it
1 - Halley's 2 - Lovejoy 3 - Hale-Bopp 4 - Ison 5 - Shoemaker-Levy 9 Note: Obviously that's a matter of opinion to some extent. I would have a different list. See "related link" below for a list of some famous comets. Note: Unfortunately, the photo and caption for the "eclipse comet of 1948" is wrong in this link.
Many comets and many asteroids are named, though not all, particulary not all asteroids. As for meteors, as they happen in an instant when a piece of ice, dust, dirt or rock enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up and then they are gone, they are not named.
I'm not too sure there was a comet named after a Dutch Astronomer.In all likelihood, the best Dutch Astronomer associated with comets was Dr. Jan Hendrik Oort who the Oort cloud of comets bears his name.
The comet was named after the man not the other way around. No man as far as I am aware has been named after a comet with the possible exception of Bill Halley and the comets?
I think it was Aristotle who first used the Greek word from which "comet" is derived.
Usually after the people they were spotted by.
think about it
A pro or amateur what? He was a pro at figuring out comets and their orbits. He also has a bunch of stuff named after him, including the famous comet of all.
1 - Halley's 2 - Lovejoy 3 - Hale-Bopp 4 - Ison 5 - Shoemaker-Levy 9 Note: Obviously that's a matter of opinion to some extent. I would have a different list. See "related link" below for a list of some famous comets. Note: Unfortunately, the photo and caption for the "eclipse comet of 1948" is wrong in this link.
Many comets and many asteroids are named, though not all, particulary not all asteroids. As for meteors, as they happen in an instant when a piece of ice, dust, dirt or rock enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up and then they are gone, they are not named.
Comet HALE-BOPPComet SWIFT-TUTTLE (1992)Comet HYAKUTAKEComet HALLEYMost comets are "famous" because they provide viewable tails, and because they reappear on a regular schedule, or after a period of years.
I'm not too sure there was a comet named after a Dutch Astronomer.In all likelihood, the best Dutch Astronomer associated with comets was Dr. Jan Hendrik Oort who the Oort cloud of comets bears his name.
Comets are named for their discoverers. For example, Halley's comet was named after its discoverer, Edmund Halley. Many stars are also named for their discoverers.
Bill Haley is really the only one I can think of by name, and he wasn't really a Comet himself; the band was billed as "Bill Haley and His Comets."
The comet was named after the man not the other way around. No man as far as I am aware has been named after a comet with the possible exception of Bill Halley and the comets?
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