Assertion: comet | /r/CapableOf | pass the sun
Facets:
value: on august 6 in 87 bc
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A comet's orbit showing the different directions of the gas and dust tails as the comet passes the Sun
text: Gurzadyan and Vardanyan argue that "Tigranes could have seen Halley's Comet when it passed closest to the Sun on August 6 in 87 BC" as the comet would have been a "most recordable event"; for ancient Armenians it could have heralded the New Era of the brilliant King of Kings.
text: Now, in a pair of studies posted recently on the arXiv (paper 1, paper 2), Zdenek Sekanina (JPL-Caltech) suggests the object might be an ultra-low density fragment from a comet that disintegrated while passing near the Sun.
text: A comet crumbled when passing the Sun may impact the Southern Hemisphere.
text: Gurzadyan and Vardanyan argue that "Tigranes could have seen Halley's Comet when it passed closest to the Sun on August 6 in 87 BCE" as the comet would have been a "most recordable event"; for ancient Armenians it could have heralded the New Era of the brilliant King of Kings.