Famed Halley’s Comet Passes Aphelion This Weekend

Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet in 1986.

Famous Halley’s Comet reaches a distant milestone this coming weekend.

It’s lonely out there in the frozen outer solar system. On Saturday, December 9th, that most famous of all comets 1P/Halley reaches a hallmark point on its 75-year journey through the solar system, reaching aphelion or its most distant point from the Sun.

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