Why are spacecrafts sent to study comets ?

Giotto Space craft
Spacecraft Giotto

In order to study comets from a closer location space missions have been planned. To successfully do this the exact path of the comet must be known well in advance. Therefore only comets with the best known orbits can be studied.
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