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Research Suggests That An 11th-Century Monk Discovered Halley’s Comet 600 Years Before Astronomer Edmond Halley

However, new research has revealed that an 11th-century English monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury actually recognized the comet ...
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An English monk noticed Halley’s comet’s pattern long before Halley did

There is a tendency of history to give the wrong name to the right idea, particularly where the idea is bright enough to be noticed on the other side of the continent. Over centuries, the Halley comet ...
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English Monk Identified Halley’s Comet 600 Years Before Halley

The comet the world knows as Halley’s Comet may owe its “first to spot the pattern” credit to someone far earlier than Edmond Halley: an 11th-century English monk. New interdisciplinary research ...
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Halley wasn't the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests

An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.
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An 11th-century monk dethrones Edmond Halley: the comet’s periodicity was understood seven centuries earlier than established

An interdisciplinary investigation published this week has called into question the authorship of one of the most celebrated astronomical discoveries of the modern era: the determination of the cycle ...
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Halley’s Comet Meteor Shower Starts Now: Learn More About the Most Famous Space Rock

Halley’s Comet is still leaving its mark on our solar system as one of the most well-known celestial bodies or space rocks. September 26 marked the start of the annual Orionids meteor shower—an event ...

Halley's Comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer

The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet that now bears his name. This is shown by research conducted by, among others, ...