[Calvin Locke]

Could the star shape on the king's crown be Halley's comet?

No, because Halley didn't predict it until 1705...

However, nowadays, there are about a dozen comets detectable at any given time. And there is some "concern" that there should be more.

So, who knows how many comets there were at that time that have since did Shoemaker-Levy 9s in to Jupiter or the Sun?

Or just wore out?

[blam]

"So, who knows how many comets there were at that time that have since did Shoemaker-Levy 9s in to Jupiter or the Sun?"

"Or just wore out?"

...or, all fall down!

Did Asteroids And Comets Change The Tides Of Civilization?

[megatherium]

Halley made his prediction in 1705, but it was the same coment in 12 BC whether it bore his name yet or not. The thing orbits the sun every 76 years.

Too bad the apparition of 1986 was so mediocre. You could barely see it.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Halley's Comet appears in the skies over England in April 1066, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.