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Everyone here has heard of Halley’s Comet. It is, without a doubt, the most famous comet in the world, although some people might not know why. They might also not be familiar with the man it is named after, English astronomer Edmond Halley, who did not discover the comet, but calculated its trajectory and successfully predicted its return, proving to the world that such celestial objects have elliptical orbits.
But that was only one of Halley’s impressive achievements. He was also an inventor, a cartographer, a mathematician, a student of geomagnetism, and even a daring explorer. So today we are taking a closer look as we examine the life and career of the man behind the comet - Edmond Halley.
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nytimes.com/1985/10/29/science/sir-edmund-halley-orbiting-forever-in-newton-s-shadow.html
britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley
http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/hughes_icq29_7t14.pdf
nytimes.com/1985/05/14/science/q-a-237647.html
https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2010JRASC.104...28R
historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halley
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
https://books.google.ro/books?id=LhkoowKFaTsC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=A+Direct+and+Geometrical+Method+of+Finding+the+Aphelia,+Eccentricities,+and+Proportions+of+the+Primary+Planets,+Without+Supposing+Equality+in+Angular+Motion&source=bl&ots=ujmVE-mUNk&sig=ACfU3U03aIvtNiIhT8T9jiRZTucALBMkDg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK8sj1s_6FAxWx8bsIHZibAZYQ6AF6BAhBEAM#v=onepage&q=A%20Direct%20and%20Geometrical%20Method%20of%20Finding%20the%20Aphelia%2C%20Eccentricities%2C%20and%20Proportions%20of%20the%20Primary%20Planets%2C%20Without%20Supposing%20Equality%20in%20Angular%20Motion&f=false
bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/halley_edmond.shtml
historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halley
https://books.google.ro/books?redir_esc=y&id=LhkoowKFaTsC&q=charles+II#v=snippet&q=charles%20II&f=false
worldhistory.org/Edmond_Halley
britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillger/pdf/Halley_chart.pdf
aaas.org/multi-layered-wisdom-edmond-halley
aaas.org/multi-layered-wisdom-edmond-halley
famousscientists.org/edmund-halley
interestingengineering.com/science/edmond-halley-the-story-of-a-man-and-his-comet
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/mag_fld/magdec-en.php
science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/1p-halley
history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-halleys-comet-sightings
interestingengineering.com/science/edmond-halley-the-story-of-a-man-and-his-comet
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan - Comet
https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2010JRASC.104...28R
http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/hughes_icq29_7t14.pdf
nytimes.com/1985/05/14/science/q-a-237647.html
britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley
nytimes.com/1985/10/29/science/sir-edmund-halley-orbiting-forever-in-newton-s-shadow.html
oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/central/halley.html
historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halley
westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/edmond-halley
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/halley_edmond.shtml
worldhistory.org/Edmond_Halley
rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/magnetic-mr-halley
famousscientists.org/edmund-halley
science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/1p-halley
Everyone here has heard of Halley’s Comet. It is, without a doubt, the most famous comet in the world, although some people might not know why. They might also not be familiar with the man it is named after, English astronomer Edmond Halley, who did not discover the comet, but calculated its trajectory and successfully predicted its return, proving to the world that such celestial objects have elliptical orbits.
But that was only one of Halley’s impressive achievements. He was also an inventor, a cartographer, a mathematician, a student of geomagnetism, and even a daring explorer. So today we are taking a closer look as we examine the life and career of the man behind the comet - Edmond Halley.
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Geographics: youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw
TopTenz: youtube.com/user/toptenznet
Eric's Links:
Alien Video Essay: youtu.be/_jpKTllluiY
FREE Scifi Horror Ebook: dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb
OEI Analog Horror Experiment: youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint
Links to other books and socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte
Karl's Socials:
Fact Fiend: youtube.com @FactFiend
Wiki Weekends: youtube.com @wikiweekends
Untitled Side Channel: youtube.com @untitledsidechannel
Twitter: twitter.com/KarlSmallwood
Further Reading:
nytimes.com/1985/10/29/science/sir-edmund-halley-orbiting-forever-in-newton-s-shadow.html
britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley
http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/hughes_icq29_7t14.pdf
nytimes.com/1985/05/14/science/q-a-237647.html
https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2010JRASC.104...28R
historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halley
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
https://books.google.ro/books?id=LhkoowKFaTsC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=A+Direct+and+Geometrical+Method+of+Finding+the+Aphelia,+Eccentricities,+and+Proportions+of+the+Primary+Planets,+Without+Supposing+Equality+in+Angular+Motion&source=bl&ots=ujmVE-mUNk&sig=ACfU3U03aIvtNiIhT8T9jiRZTucALBMkDg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK8sj1s_6FAxWx8bsIHZibAZYQ6AF6BAhBEAM#v=onepage&q=A%20Direct%20and%20Geometrical%20Method%20of%20Finding%20the%20Aphelia%2C%20Eccentricities%2C%20and%20Proportions%20of%20the%20Primary%20Planets%2C%20Without%20Supposing%20Equality%20in%20Angular%20Motion&f=false
bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/halley_edmond.shtml
historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halley
https://books.google.ro/books?redir_esc=y&id=LhkoowKFaTsC&q=charles+II#v=snippet&q=charles%20II&f=false
worldhistory.org/Edmond_Halley
britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillger/pdf/Halley_chart.pdf
aaas.org/multi-layered-wisdom-edmond-halley
aaas.org/multi-layered-wisdom-edmond-halley
famousscientists.org/edmund-halley
interestingengineering.com/science/edmond-halley-the-story-of-a-man-and-his-comet
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/mag_fld/magdec-en.php
science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/1p-halley
history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-halleys-comet-sightings
interestingengineering.com/science/edmond-halley-the-story-of-a-man-and-his-comet
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan - Comet
https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2010JRASC.104...28R
http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/hughes_icq29_7t14.pdf
nytimes.com/1985/05/14/science/q-a-237647.html
britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley
nytimes.com/1985/10/29/science/sir-edmund-halley-orbiting-forever-in-newton-s-shadow.html
oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/central/halley.html
historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halley
westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/edmond-halley
mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley
bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/halley_edmond.shtml
worldhistory.org/Edmond_Halley
rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/magnetic-mr-halley
famousscientists.org/edmund-halley
science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/1p-halley
