Pete Maravich. Peter Press Pistol Pete Maravich; (June 22, 1947 â January 5, 1988) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and raised in the Carolinas.
Halleyâs Comet may be seen in Britainâs skies this month â 47 years early (sort of) Amy Willis for Metro.co.ukTuesday 7 Oct 2014 11:08 am. Halleyâs Comet as seen in 1986 (Picture: Flickr/ Lucas) Halleyâs Comet is one of those rare once in a lifetime encounters every 75 years â usually. Forty-seven years before its next sighting, expected in 2061, we will get a tiny snapshot of the meteor as it passes across our skies this October. The comet was last seen in 1985-86.
By the early 1990s Carolyn had 32 comet discoveries to her credit, and Gene was credited with 29. In March 1993 the Shoemakers teamed with fellow comet hunter Levy at the Palomar Observatory in southern California to identify the fragmented comet, later named Shoemaker-Levy 9, in orbit around the planet Jupiter.