The fragments of the Great Comet of 1882 will return in several hundred years' time, spread out over perhaps two or three centuries.
Kometi C/1843 D1, C/1880 C1, C/1882 R1, C/1887 B1, C/1963 R1, C/1970 K1 so vsi člani Kreutzove družine kometov, izhajajo pa iz enega samega velikega kometa.