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Giotto approaching Halley
31 DEC. 1997 publication date 1916 Views

Giotto depicted a few days before closest approach to Halley's Comet. The diameter of Halley's visible dust coma at the time of encounter was about 100 000 km. [Image Date: 01-07-83] [83.07.001-001]

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