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Who predicted the a comet and then it was named after him?

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Edmond Halley

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Who predicted the return of comer which was eventually named after you?

Who predicted the return of comet which was eventually named after me


Who discovered the return of a comet that was named after them?

Edmund Halley PREDICTED the return of the comet which was later named for him.


Who predicted Halley's comet arrival?

Edmond Halley. That is why it is named after him.


Who predicted a returning comet which was eventually named after them?

Edmond Halley.


Who predicted a return of a comet and named after himself?

Edmond Halley


Why was comet halley named after Edmund halley?

because he predicted its returm


What year did halley find his comet?

Halley didn't exactly find the comet named after him; doing calculations on the basis of several observations, he calculated the orbit and predicted when the comet would return. This was confirmed - the comet returned - after his death.Halley didn't exactly find the comet named after him; doing calculations on the basis of several observations, he calculated the orbit and predicted when the comet would return. This was confirmed - the comet returned - after his death.Halley didn't exactly find the comet named after him; doing calculations on the basis of several observations, he calculated the orbit and predicted when the comet would return. This was confirmed - the comet returned - after his death.Halley didn't exactly find the comet named after him; doing calculations on the basis of several observations, he calculated the orbit and predicted when the comet would return. This was confirmed - the comet returned - after his death.


Did Edmund Halley ever see the comet?

No! he predicted that it would appear but he wasn't around to see it. It was named after him not by him.


Who predicted that comet halley would come back?

Halley did, that's why it's named after him.


Who predicted that a comet would appear in 1758?

Halleyâ??s comet is named after English astronomer Edmond Halley. Halley examined reports of a comet approaching Earth in 1531, 1607 and 1682 and concluded that these three comets were actually the same comet returning over and over again. He then predicted the comet would come again in 1758.


Who had a comet named after him?

Astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742) mathematically predicted the return of Halley's Comet in1758, and established the periodicity of long-term comets. It was named after Halley in 1759.


How did heleys comet get its name?

Halley's Comet is named after the man who determined its orbit predicted the comet's return. for more info & photos see the link http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/comets/halley.html