Comets

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​ =COMETS =

Comets may appear in any part of the sky not just in the Zodiac. They move slowely across the sky in flaming streaks of light that terrified everyone.People often think of comets as huge blazing stars with long tails streaming behind them. A comet ussually has little or no tail. Old people thought that comets meant that messengers of evil were bringing disease, war, and destruction when they saw these streaks of light. The great Jewish writer Josephus spoke of the sword which stood over Jerusalem just before it fell over the Romans in the year 70 A.D. Records of comets date back all the way to 600 B.C. About every **75** years or so, a comet appears accross the night sky. Which comet you may ask... **HALEY'S COMET OF COURSE!**