Stardust From Comet Halley Falls To Earth
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Halley's Comet l ESO l 1986
The comet begins returning to Earth (Dec. 2023) It will be visible from Earth in 2061.
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Halley's Comet Tails, 1910
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The Sky Tonight Update: Orionids Meteor Shower
The Sky Tonight Update: Orionids Meteor Shower
The Orionids is an average shower producing up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by dust grains left behind by comet Halley, which has been known and observed since ancient times. This famous comet swings by Earth every 75 to 76 years, and as the icy comet makes its way around the sun, it leaves behind a trail of comet crumbs. At certain times of the year, Earth’s orbit around…
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Halley's Comet, May 13, 1910. Populare Astronomie. 1922.
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Cosmic horror themed mecha series where, for Mystic Technobabble Reasons probably involving some sort of celestial alignment, only people who were born during a specific period of time can pilot the giant robots. The complicating factor? The last time that magic alignment happened was roughly sixty years ago. Thus, the fate of humanity depends on a dwindling pool of people aged sixty-plus who are still in good enough shape to pilot a giant robot into battle.
(For casting convenience, let's say that the magic alignment lasted roughly a decade, so there's some flexibility in the ages of the core cast, but all of them being sixty-plus is mandatory.)
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Halley, Mars and Milky Way l Petr Horalek via NASA APOD
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“Halley’s Comet,
comes around more than I do
But you’re all it takes for me
to break a promise.
Silly me to fall in love with you”
💜🪐💙
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Unknown, Halley's Comet: Head, 1910
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