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Go to topicA composite image of Comet Halley and the Spanish island of Ibiza, comparing the size of the comet to an Earthly reference. The image of Ibiza is courtesy of NASA JSC Earth Sciences and Image Analysis.
Comet Halley measures 16 kilometres by 8 kilometres and, at its widest, Ibiza is 40 kilometres across.