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Who was Halley's comet named after?

Edmund Halley


What was Halley's comet named after?

Edmund Halley.


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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


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.


What is edmond Halley's full name?

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


What man is named after a comet?

The comet was named after the man not the other way around. No man as far as I am aware has been named after a comet with the possible exception of Bill Halley and the comets?


What did Edmund Halley invent?

Edmund Halley did not invent anything, but he was a British astronomer known for calculating the orbit of the comet that now bears his name. Halley's Comet, which passes by Earth approximately every 75-76 years, was the first comet to be recognized as periodic.


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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.


Was Halley's comet named after a guys last name or a girls first name?

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Who is Edmund halley and how old is he?

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