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Some visits are worth waiting for.

Halley’s comet is expected back in the inner solar system in 2061.

Comet 1P/Halley · UTC

What we know about this date

The reference date is the expected perihelion on 28 July 2061. It is not necessarily the best viewing date and can be refined by future orbital calculations.

Its previous visit was in 1986.

Source: NASA ↗