What is Edmund halley famous for?

discovered Haley's comet

Yes, mathematician Edmund Halley was English.

Edmund Halley was the first man to calculat a comet's orbit.

Edmund Halley found Halley's Comet, and he is now dead

Edmund Halley was born in Haggerston, Shoreditch, London, England.

Edmund Halley was the first man to calculate the orbit of a comet. Halley's comet was named after him.

Edmund Halley was 86 when he died!!

because he predicted its returm

Edmund Halley gave his name to a comet.

Edmund Halley obviously

after Sir Edmund Halley

Edmund Halley. He even had a comet named after him, the Halley Comet.

It was named for its discoverer: Edmund Halley

no idiot whoever said this is rude!

The answer was: Edmund Halley

He had 3 daughters and 2 sons

Katherine Halley,Paul Rosso

Halley's Comet is undoubtedly the most famous, having been named after Edmund Halley who first studied comets and showed them to be an orbiting part of our solar system.

Halley was an astronomer, mathematician, and general scientist, and is best known for his prediction of the return period of the eponymous comet, Halleys Comet. Edmund Halley discovered the motion of stars.

he found halleys comet he found halleys comet

Well, our amazing astronomer, Edmund Halley's death has not yet been discovered, but scientists think he was killed

he flew to the moon from his own made space craft

Halley's Comet. After Edmund Halley, who first discovered it.

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 recorded as a visitor to the inner solar system at least as early as 240 BC. A link follows this post, and can be found below.

British Astronomer known to be the first person to calculate a comit's orbit