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DescriptionComet-Halley's-tail-NASA-1986-b&w.jpg
English: A photograph of all of Halley's Comet during its pass through the inner Solar System in 1986, including the comet's coma and its head.
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(Photograph of [[Comet Halley]]'s tail during [[1986]] appearance ([[NASA]] black & white photo).
[[NASA]] source [[URL]]: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/halcom01.gif.
Image from [[United States]] NASA [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] (GSFC) prepared by )
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