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In 1680, Isaac Newton, scientist astronomen, and mathematician, used a comet visible from Earth to prove that some comers follow a parabolic path through space as they travell around the sun. This and other discoveries like it help scientists to predict past and future positions of comets. ​

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Comets could be visible from Earth when they are most likely to fall down into earth

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