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COMET HALLEY



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Halley's comet was observed 240 years before our era, and has made 29 returns to the Sun. One can found in particular its trace on the Bayeux Tapestry for its passage in 1066. 



Edmund Halley predicted its return in 1758. Thus the comet was named after him.