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Hale–Bopp
Comet · Great Comet of 1997
About Hale–Bopp
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Hale–Bopp was 50.3 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 6.97 hours to reach it.
It goes round the Sun once every 2,418.1 years, at an average distance of 180 AU.
It is about 60 km across.
The map lists it as a comet and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Semi-major axis | 180 AU |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 2,418.1 years |
| Eccentricity | 0.9949 |
| Inclination | 89.77° |
| Radius | 30.0 km |
| Distance from the Sun | 50.3 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Neptune and the Kuiper belt, a view about 110 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Comet Hale–Bopp is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Comet Hale–Bopp, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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