[DOC] [TLE] Giotto - Wikipedia [PAR] Giotto is thought to have been inspired by the 1301 appearance of Halley's comet
, which led to the name Giotto being given to a 1986 space probe to the comet. [DOC] [TLE] Giotto - Stardust - NASA [PAR] Key Dates, Mar 13, 1986 - Comet Halley Flyby ... The spacecraft Giotto was 
named after artist Giotto di Bondone, who had used the appearance of Comet 
Halley in 1301 as the model for the Star of Bethlehem in his 1304 painting titled "
Adoration of ... encounter was expected to have very little dust damage to the 
spacecraft. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 14, section 2 [PAR] As the comet departs from the Sun's vicinity, its brightness and its tail diminish .... 
Short-period comets do tend to have prograde orbits lying close to the .... the 
European Giotto spacecraft (named after the Italian artist who painted an image 
of Halley's comet not long after its appearance in the year 1301) was navigated to
... [DOC] [TLE] Giotto artist [PAR] Most authors accept that Giotto was his real name, but it may have been an 
abbreviation ... That Giotto painted the Arena Chapel and that he was chosen by 
the .... Giotto is thought to have been inspired by the 1301 appearance of Halley's 
comet, which led to the name Giotto being given to a 1986 space probe to the 
comet. [DOC] [TLE] Photos of Halley's Comet Through History - Space.com [PAR] Oct 22, 2011 ... See photos of Halley's Comet snapped by astronomers and spacecraft in the 
20th century. Halley's Comet creates two annual meteor showers. [DOC] [TLE] Halley's Comet stands in for the Star of Bethlehem  Astro Bob [PAR] Dec 25, 2010 ... This painting by Florentine artist Giotto di Bondone, who lived from 1267 to ... 
Who wouldn't have been inspired by the appearance of a comet in the evening 
sky? ... mission flyby of Halley's Comet during its last pass by Earth in 1986. ... 
The probe was named Giotto in honor of the artist who gave us what is... [DOC] [TLE] Giotto di Bondone mettre  jour - Dictionnaires [PAR] That Giotto painted the Arena Chapel and that he was chosen by the Comune of 
... Most authors accept that Giotto was his real name, but it may have been an .... 
Giotto is thought to have been inspired by the 1301 appearance of Halley's comet
, which led to the name Giotto being given to a 1986 space probe to the comet. [DOC] [TLE] Halley's Comet | astronomy | Britannica.com [PAR] Nov 4, 2015 ... Its passage in 1301 may have inspired the form of the Star of Bethlehem that the 
Italian painter Giotto used in his The Adoration of the Magi, painted around 1305. 
... The most-recent appearance of Halley's Comet in 1986 was greatly ... and a 
European Space Agency spacecraft (Giotto) that passed only 596... [DOC] [TLE] Original Artwork: Barry Wilkinson: Giotto Space Probe of Halley's ... [PAR] In 1301, the Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone witnessed the appearance of 
Halley's ... it into his version of the Nativity scene by painting it as the Star of 
Bethlehem. ... probe that encountered Halley's Comet upon its return to earth in 
1986. ... that a particle of dust from the comet could have hit the probe fifty times 
faster... [DOC] [TLE] ESA Science & Technology: Halley [PAR] Jun 3, 2005 ... It is so bright that it has been seen and recorded for thousands of years - since at 
least 240 BC. ... inspired Florentine artist Giotto di Bondone to include it in his 
painting of the Wise ... Comet Halley was most recently visible in 1986. The ESA 
spacecraft Giotto was one of an international armada of spacecraft... [DOC] [TLE] h2g2 - The Cosmic Influence of Halley's Comet - Edited Entry [PAR] Feb 15, 2010 ... If the body of the comet is transparent and like the Earth has its two ... Babylonian 
skywatchers engraved a record of the next appearance of the .... 'the last golden 
twig of the rpds', died aged 35 in early 1301. .... Europe's first deep space 
mission was named Giotto after the

Question: The 1986 Giotto probe of this was named for the artist who may have painted its 1301 appearance
Answer: Halley\'s Comet