The most famous comets
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Halley's Comet · Hale-Bopp · Shoemaker-Levy 9. (Updated Jan 13, 2023.)
From Halley's Comet, observed since antiquity, to NEOWISE in 2020, by way of Hale-Bopp and Shoemaker-Levy 9, which crashed into Jupiter: the comets that left their mark. Which one did you see?
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Top 15
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1
Halley's Comet
The first periodic comet identified; it returns every 75-76 years and is due back in 2061.
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2
Hale-Bopp
Visible to the naked eye for 18 months in 1996-97, a record.
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3
Shoemaker-Levy 9
Broken into pieces, it slammed into Jupiter in July 1994.
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4
Ikeya-Seki
So bright in 1965 it could be seen in broad daylight.
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5
Comet West
Visible in daylight in 1976, with a spectacular tail.
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6
Hyakutake
Its tail stretched across a huge part of the sky in 1996.
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7
McNaught
The "Great Comet of 2007", superb in the southern hemisphere.
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NEOWISE
The comet of summer 2020, visible to the naked eye.
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9
Kohoutek
Much hyped in 1973 and disappointing, but the first observed from space by astronauts.
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10
Bennett
A long filament-filled tail in 1970.
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11
IRAS-Araki-Alcock
Passed very close to Earth in 1983.
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12
Holmes
It became hundreds of thousands of times brighter in 2007.
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13
Lovejoy
In 2011 it survived its passage through the Sun's corona.
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14
NEAT
A bright comet of 2002-03.
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15
PanSTARRS
A lovely sight through binoculars in 2013.
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