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Who was Halley's comet named after?

Edmund Halley


What was Halley's comet named after?

Edmund Halley.


What did Edmund Halley invent?

he found halleys comet he found halleys comet


What is Edmund halley famous for?

He discovered Halley's Comet which is named after him.


Which astronomer discovered comets return at intervals?

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


What was Halley's Comet?

Halley's comet is a comet named after a Edmund Halley and it comes every 76 years so it will most likely come in 2061


What is edmond Halley's full name?

Edmond Halley had a comet called Halley's Comet named after him.


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.


In which year was the Halley's comet seen on earth during Edmund Halley's lifetime?

The Halley's comet was named after Edmond Halley, the English astronomer who was the first to determine the comet's periodicity. He first sighted it in 1705.


How did Haleys comet gets its name?

Halley's comet was named after a British astronomer. Edmund Halley concluded that reports of three different comets which appeared 76 years apart from one another were referring to the same comet. He died before the year of his prediction, but it appeared. Therefore, the comet was named after him.


Who is Edmund halley and how old is he?

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


What is one of several heavenly bodies named for their discoverers?

Halley's Comet is one heavenly body named for its discoverer. The comet is named for Edmund Halley. Hale-Bopp is another comet named after its discoverers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.