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Also Known As Edmund Halley
Born November 8, 1656 • England
Died January 14, 1742 (aged 85) • Greenwich • England
Notable Works “A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets”
Subjects Of Study Eta Carinae • M13 • Moon • Venus • astronomical unit • comet • orbit • transit • measurement • navigation • Halley’s Comet

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