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Nasa: Space Place: Comet's Orbit

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Diagram of a comet's orbit around the sun.

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Nasa: Space Place: Comet Hale Bopp

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Comet Hale-Bopp's white dust tail and bright blue ion tail is visible from Earth.

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Nasa: Space Place: The Great Comet

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Long ago, people were scared of comets because they did not know much about them.

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Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Comet Hale Bopp Images

For Students 9th - 10th

This site contains 5,161 images of the Hale-Bopp comet from 1995 to 2000. This incredible photo archive is definitely worth a visit.

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Nasa: Space Place: Comet Hartley 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st

A photograph of the Comet Hartley-2, taken by the EPOXI spacecraft.

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Nasa: Space Place: Quest for a Comet

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Comet Tempel-1being hit by the impactor by the Deep Impact spacecraft.

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Nasa: Space Place: Halley's Comet

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Halley's Comet looks fuzzy because of the coma around it.

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Science Kids: Science Images: Comet

For Students 9th - 10th

A slightly blurry photo of a distant comet set against the dark background of space.

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Science Kids: Science Images: Halley's Comet

For Students 9th - 10th

This is an amazing photo of Halley's Comet that was taken back in 1910. Halley's Comet is only visible from Earth around every 75 years. For more information on Haley's Comet, check out our fun comet facts for kids.

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Cornell/impact of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 With Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th

Images and data from the Hale Telescope of the collision of Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Some of the most excellent ground-based observations of the impact.

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Cornell/impact of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 With Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th

Images and data from the Hale Telescope of the collision of Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Some of the most excellent ground-based observations of the impact.

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Drawings of C/2000 Wm1 Comet During 2002 Jan 31 to Feb 3

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/2000 WMI (Linear). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.

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Nasa: Space Place: Rosetta Lander

For Students Pre-K - 1st

An artist's rendering of the Rosetta lander on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

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Cometography.com

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides links to a wealth of information regarding currently visible comets, memorable comets of the past, biographies of comet discoverers and observers.

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