Edmond Halley
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EDMOND HALLEY
BY: BRYNN S. AND MEGAN S.
Born on November 8th 1656.
Was born in Hagerston.
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Went to St.Paul school
Was interested in science and mathematics.
His mother died when he was 16 years old.
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Best know for his study of comets.
Noticed that many comets were very similar.
A comet was named Halley's Comet in his honor.
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He discovered a comet & predicted that it would make an another appearance in 1758, the comet appeared as predicted & is now known as comet Halley
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The prediction was make in 1705 and Edmond died 38 years later!
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Edmond used his theory of cometary orbits to predict that the comet of 1682 was periodic.
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