EarthSky | Halley's Comet and Edmond Halley's magnificent prediction

Appearance of Comet Halley in 1986, first predicted to return by Edmond Halley

Halley's Comet and Edmond Halley's magnificent prediction

How Halley's Comet became famous English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was born on November 8, 1656, near London. He became the first to calculate the orbit of a comet...