print email comment close Comet Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997 URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/ Description: The official NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory site for information about Comet Hale-Bopp, an unusually bright comet discovered on July 23, 1995 that provided a great celestial show as it approached the Sun in April, 1997. Contains news articles, animations, and over 5,000 images of the comet. Author: Baalke , Ron Publisher: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library of Congress Subject Headings: Comets Hale-Bopp comet LII Database Information: Record 8179 created by Carole Leita on 12/05/1998 Last modification on 10/09/2005 Last review by Tom McGibney on 10/09/2005 Published: 12/05/1998   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8179