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Comets are named after the people who have discovered it or by the shape or after break away from a parent comet.

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Halley's comet

Tempel-Tuffle comet

Biela's comet

Encke's comet

Ikeya Seki comet

kooutek comet

comet west

comet Bowell

comet IRAS -Araki-Alcock

Comet Austin.

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