Halley’s Comet Named for English Astronomer Halley
The Indianapolis News notes Edmund Halley linked comets of 1531 and 1607 to the 1682 sighting he observed. He predicted its return for 1758 and urged posterity to verify. It reached perihelion March 12 1759 and returned in 1835, with 1910 predicting great brilliance after initial 1909 photographs.
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