Short-period comets like Comet Halley
A) return to the Oort Cloud during each of their orbits
B) come back again and again at predictable intervals
C) have a long tail visible during their entire orbit around the Sun
D) can never be observed without a telescope
E) you can't fool me, the only short-period comet we know is Halley

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Short-period comets like Comet Halley come back again and again at predictable intervals. In the case of Halley, it has an orbital period of 76 years.

Short-Period Comets Like Comet Halley