2006-09-10 01:07:39 · 13 answers · asked by Alex P 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
haleys comet
2006-09-10 01:09:27 · answer #1 · answered by !ELGREEKO! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 76 year Comet
2006-09-10 08:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by Lloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halley's Comet
"Discovered" by Edmund Halley [pronounced with a short "a" sound like alley, not a long "a" like rail] when he researched certain accounts of comet sightings in history and calculated [through extrapolation of Kepler's laws of motion] that it was the same comet in a very very big orbit, not a bunch of different comets. He was proved correct when the comet given his named re-appeared in 1758 like he predicted. But, he had died previously and did not get to see it.
A side note for Halley is that he helped bring about the publicatin of one of the most important works in scientific history: "The Principia" by Sir Isaac Newton.
2006-09-10 10:10:37 · answer #3 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halley's Comet
2006-09-10 08:15:27 · answer #4 · answered by Paul B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halley's Comet
2006-09-10 08:13:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dako 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halley's Comet.
2006-09-10 08:10:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lady_Marmalade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haley's comet
2006-09-10 08:09:46 · answer #7 · answered by Gandalf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Richard's comet. It has a real name, but you seem to want to give it another. So yeah, Richard's comet.
2006-09-10 09:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this one Haley's comet?
2006-09-10 08:09:38 · answer #9 · answered by Bebe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haleys comet
2006-09-10 08:09:53 · answer #10 · answered by mymindsablank 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋