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Why is halleys comet part of our solar system?

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They appear to share the same orbital characteristics of Halley, including being highly inclined to the orbits of Earth and other planets in the solar system.

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The orbits of the Halley-type comets suggest that they were originally long-period comets whose orbits were perturbed by the gravity of the gas giants and directed into the inner Solar System.
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