Edmond Halley (1656-1742)
Full Name-
Edmond Halley
Born-
8 November 1656
Died-
25 January 1742
- From his September 1682 observations, he used the laws of motion to compute the periodicity of Halley's Comet in his 1705 Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets.
- It was named after him upon its predicted return in 1758, which he did not live to see.
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- Things named after him.
- Halley's Comet (orbital period (approximately) 75 years)
- Halley (lunar crater)
- Halley (Martian crater)
- Halley Research Station, Antarctica
- Halley's method, for the numerical solution of equations
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