Definitions
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- proper noun A very bright
comet which can be seen from Earth every 75-76 years.
Etymologies
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Acknowledgements My special thanks to Larry Sessions and Gerry Snyder for providing me with the positions of Halley's Comet on its next appearance.
2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987
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Not like Halley's Comet, which comes every seventy years and gets smaller each time.
Lucifer's Hammer Niven, Larry 1977
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Propulsion Laboratory even once investigated sending a solar sail to rendezvous and ride along with Halley's Comet during its pass in 1986.
NYT > Home Page By DENNIS OVERBYE 2010
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No, not Halley's Comet - I'm talking about an equally stupendous event: foreigners, Europeans in particular, praising an elected American official.
TheHoya.com 2009
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Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory even once investigated sending a solar sail to rendezvous and ride along with Halley's Comet during its pass in 1986.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory even once investigated sending a solar sail to rendezvous and ride along with Halley's Comet during its pass in 1986.
REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio 2009
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Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory even once investigated sending a solar sail to rendezvous and ride along with Halley's Comet during its pass in 1986.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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