Who was the finder of Halleys Comet?

Answer 1

The earliest recorded appearance of Halley's Comet was by Chinese astronomers around 239 / 240 BC. It was recorded by astronomers in many cultures, but was not known to be the same comet.

Credit for the discovery of Halley's Comet as the same, returning comet, goes to Edmond Halley. Halley had investigated historical records of 24 comets appearing near Earth between 1337 to 1698, and noted similarities in orbits and other parameters between three of them - the ones that were recorded in 1531, 1607 and 1682. In 1705, he published "A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets", demonstrating that the comet which appeared to return about every 76 years was likely to be the same comet. Halley predicted its return in 1758, something which he did not live to see, but which was proven to be the case. We cannot know who originally observed the comet that we now call "Halley's Comet". There were documented observations of the comet as early as 240 BCE. Notes from the Talmud indicate that this was a re-appearance of the comet, so people had remembered seeing it before.

Halley's Comet is a fairly short-period comet, becoming visible about every 76 years. It got the name "Halley's Comet" because in 1705, Edmund Halley predicted the year that it would re-appear in 1758. He based this on historical observations. The French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille proposed naming the comet in Halley's honor in 1759.

Answer 2

Edmond Halley showed in 1705 that comets seen in 1531, 1607, and 1682 were really one comet, and he predicted its return in 1758. Later calculations identified it with the large, bright comet seen during the Norman Conquest (and depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry) and with other cometsightings at intervals of about 76 years, the first in 240 BC. The only easily seen comet that returns in a single lifetime, it approached Earth twice in the 20th century (1910, 1985-86). Its nucleus is roughly 9 mi (15 km) across.

Well am not sure...after searching I found that Comet Halley, or Halley's Comet, was actually not discovered by Halley; he was the first person to piece together several comet sightings over the previous several hundred years, and hypothesized that many sightings every 76 years of comets were actually multiple sightings of the same comet. He also successfully predicted the next sighting of it, but was unfortunately not able to live to see it.

Edited by: xcool77

Actually Halley's Comet was discovered by Edmond Halley. The first to see comet Halley were the Chinese in 240 BC. It was just that the Chinese weren't sure about the comet or if it was a comet.

edited by: Alex

i would like to discuss some more about this.

lately i have read a part of a book called "a small history of nearly everything" by bill bryson. in the book he says that mr halley did a lot of things like: beeing a captain, a cartographer, a teacher at a university,etc.

he also whrite about magnetism, made plans to calculate distance to the sun.

"the only thing he did not discover was the commet who bears his name."

so does anybody know more about this subject? - Shane

Answer 3

The Founder of Halley's Comet was Edmond Halley.

Answer 4

Edmond Halley

Answer 5

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