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Edmund Halley
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1. edmond halley, edmund halley, halley
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
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Edmund Halley
see synonyms of edmund halley English astronomer who applied Newton's laws of motion to predict correctly the period of a comet (1705).
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