AstroLab
Halley · the 1986 passage
Follow Halley from the Sun to its passage near Earth.
Follow the comet and its tails through the 1986 passage, with a guided sequence and a zoom as it approaches Earth.
Why explore it?
Approximate elliptical orbit based on JPL data, checked near the 1986 passage. Other epochs illustrate motion without predicting exact return dates. Illustrative coma and tails: the ion tail points away from the Sun.