<P> The 141 AD apparition was recorded in Chinese chronicles . It was also recorded in the Tamil work Purananuru, in connection with the death of the south Indian Chera king Yanaikatchai Mantaran Cheral Irumporai . </P> <P> The 374 AD and 607 approaches each came within 0.09 AU of Earth . The 684 AD apparition was recorded in Europe in one of the sources used by the compiler of the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles; it is the oldest known picture of a comet . Chinese records also report it as the "broom star". </P> <P> In 837, Halley's Comet may have passed as close as 0.03 AU (3.2 million miles; 5.1 million kilometers) from Earth, by far its closest approach . Its tail may have stretched 60 degrees across the sky . It was recorded by astronomers in China, Japan, Germany, the Byzantine Empire, and the Middle East . In 912, Halley is recorded in the Annals of Ulster, which state "A dark and rainy year . A comet appeared ." </P> <P> In 1066, the comet was seen in England and thought to be an omen: later that year Harold II of England died at the Battle of Hastings; it was a bad omen for Harold, but a good omen for the man who defeated him, William the Conqueror . The comet is represented on the Bayeux Tapestry and described in the tituli as a star . Surviving accounts from the period describe it as appearing to be four times the size of Venus and shining with a light equal to a quarter of that of the Moon . Halley came within 0.10 AU of Earth at that time . </P>

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