2007-01-13 16:04:00 · 5 answers · asked by browdibutt 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There were two bright comets in 1957 - Arend-Roland and Mrkos, and, I think, not much else visible to the naked eye in the 50's.
Comets are solar system objects and as such not associated with any particular location on Earth, though depending on how far north or south they are there may be some latitudes from which they can't be seen.
2007-01-13 18:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not Halley's comet. Halley's comet passed by in 1986 and only comes by every 76 years, so it couldn't have been here in the 1950's.
I don't know what it was called or whether it was a comet at all. A comet would not have passed the west coast of the USA. Maybe it was a meteor? In which case it would not have been given a name. Comets are too far away from the Earth to claim that they passed by any particular part of the world.
2007-01-13 17:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by Mez 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when I was youngster around the forties in Ireland I saw a comet in the night sky it passed around the sun and I saw it going back into deep space . I don,t know how long it took to go around the sun , but it was following its tail on the way back , I allways wondered about its name .
2014-08-09 08:18:58 · answer #3 · answered by Robert 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halley's comet
2007-01-13 16:06:51 · answer #4 · answered by JACQUELINE T 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
haley's
2007-01-13 16:49:31 · answer #5 · answered by DeepBlue 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋