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What did Edmund Halley discover?

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Halley's comet

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When did Edmund Halley discover Halley's comet?
Edmund Halley did not discover the comet that bears his name. Rather, he is the one who predicted its return from computations he made in the 18th century. The comet 1P/Halley has been observed and...
What did Edmund halley do?
Edmund Halley was the first man to calculat a comet's orbit.
How did Edmund halley discovered Halley's comet?
Well, he didn't exactly discover it. He did some calculations about its orbit, and concluded that this particular comet (observed by other people) was the same that had been seen about 76 years...
When did Edmund halley die?
January 17 1672
How did Edmund halley die?
Well, our amazing astronomer, Edmund Halley's death has not yet been discovered, but scientists think he was killed