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Noun

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. 1656–1742, English astronomer and mathematician. He predicted the return of the comet now known as Halley's comet, constructed charts of magnetic declination, and produced the first wind maps

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Edmond1656-1742; Eng. astronomer

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Halley

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English astronomer who applied Newton's laws of motion to predict correctly the period of a comet (1705).

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