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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Halley.cfg (Halley.zip)
 
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'''Halley's Comet''', also referred to as 1P/Halley, is a short period comet appearing in the skies every 72 to 80 years, last seen in 1986 and the next will be in 2061. Named after [[w:Edmond Halley|Edmond Halley]] who was the first to recognize it as a recurring comet although it has been seen since ancient times.
 
'''Halley's Comet''', also referred to as 1P/Halley, is a short period comet appearing in the skies every 72 to 80 years, last seen in 1986 and the next will be in 2061. Named after [[w:Edmond Halley|Edmond Halley]] who was the first to recognize it as a recurring comet although it has been seen since ancient times.
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== Halley in Orbiter ==
 
== Halley in Orbiter ==
 
Halley was introduced to [[Orbiter]] as an add-on in 2004. Since Orbiter was not designed to show a comet's tails, the add-on depicts it as a rugby ball shaped body much like an asteroid.  
 
Halley was introduced to [[Orbiter]] as an add-on in 2004. Since Orbiter was not designed to show a comet's tails, the add-on depicts it as a rugby ball shaped body much like an asteroid.  
Halley orbits the [[Sun]] in a very elliptical orbit, moving retrograde to the Sun, unlike the planets which move prograde, or counter-clockwise looking from the north of the [[Solar System]]. [[periapsis|Periapsis]] takes Halley to between the orbits of [[Mercury]] and [[Venus]], and at [[apoapsis]] it is beyond that of [[Neptune]].
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Halley orbits the [[Sun]] in a very elliptical orbit, moving retrograde to the Sun, unlike the planets which move prograde, or counter-clockwise looking from the north of the [[Solar System]]. [[periapsis|Periapsis]] takes Halley to between the orbits of [[Mercury]] and [[Venus]], and at [[apoapsis]] it is beyond [[Pluto]].
  
 
Note that when landed on Halley near the apoapsis, Halley provides only about 1% of the total gravity, the other 99% by the Sun, but, near apoapsis, Halley provides 98% of the gravity, the Sun, only about 2%. It may be difficult to stay landed near Halley's periapsis. The sphere of influence near apoapsis is about 37 km from the center, and near periapsis, the SOI is right about the surface.
 
Note that when landed on Halley near the apoapsis, Halley provides only about 1% of the total gravity, the other 99% by the Sun, but, near apoapsis, Halley provides 98% of the gravity, the Sun, only about 2%. It may be difficult to stay landed near Halley's periapsis. The sphere of influence near apoapsis is about 37 km from the center, and near periapsis, the SOI is right about the surface.
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It should also be noted that when landing on Halley that the visual surfaces are well below the hard radius (5500 meters), which is not visible, so instrument landing with HUD in surface is recommended.
 
It should also be noted that when landing on Halley that the visual surfaces are well below the hard radius (5500 meters), which is not visible, so instrument landing with HUD in surface is recommended.
  
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Add-ons which include Halley.
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
[[w:Halley's Comet|Halley's Comet]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
[[w:Halley's Comet|Halley's Comet]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
 
Halley-Halleyzip-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Comet Halley from ''Halley.zip'' in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
 
Lspn comet halley.jpg|<center>Comet 1P/Halley as it appeared from Earth on 8 March 1986</center>
 
Comet Halley close up-cropped.jpg|<center>The nucleus of Halley as seen by the [[w:Giotto (spacecraft)|Giotto]] spacecraft in 1986</center>
 
Halley's Comet animation.gif|<center>Animation of Halley's orbit<br>The outermost planet is Neptune</center>
 
Animation of 1P/Halley orbit - 1986 apparition.gif|<center>Orbiter path of Halley during the 1986 apparition as compared to Earth</center>
 
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{{SolarSystem}}
 
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[[Category:Articles]]
 
[[Category:Articles]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
[[Category:Solar System]]
 
 
[[Category:Comets]]
 
[[Category:Comets]]

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