What is the significance of naming comets after people?
I WONDER - How Do Comets Get Their Name?
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The video explains how comets are named, often after their discoverers or those who studied them. It highlights famous comets like Halley's Comet, named after Edmund Halley, and Comet Swift-Tuttle, named after Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle. Additionally, it discusses the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet, discovered by Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy.
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