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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago

There is a movement to rename Halley's Comet to Eilmer's Comet as monk Eilmer of Malmesbury was the first to identify the returning comet.

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There is a movement to rename Halley's Comet to Eilmer's Comet as monk Eilmer of Malmesbury was the first to identify the returning comet.

www.universiteitleiden.nl

Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago
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Halley’s Comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer
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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, Professor Simon Portegies Zwart. It was the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury who, as early as the 11th century,…
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    They can’t even pronounce Halley’s Comet right. They’re not changing it.

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      We always called it Hailey’s comet but knew it was spelt differently.

      Do you pronounce it Hal-Lee or something like that?

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        Edmund Halley, yeah Hal-lee

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