Edmond Halley: The Astronomer Who Discovered Halley's Comet

Everyone here has heard of Halley’s Comet. It is, without a doubt, the most famous comet in the world, although some people might not know why. They might also not be familiar with the man it is named after, English astronomer Edmond Halley, who did not discover the comet, but calculated its trajectory and successfully predicted its return, proving to the world that such celestial objects have elliptical orbits. But that was only one of Halley’s impressive achievements. He was also an inventor, a cartographer, a mathematician, a student of geomagnetism, and even a daring explorer. So today we are taking a closer look as we examine the life and career of the man behind the comet - Edmond Halley. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week!https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels:Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIwTopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznetEric's Links:Alien Video Essay: https://youtu.be/_jpKTllluiY FREE Scifi Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uybOEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalintLinks to other books and socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyteKarl's Socials:Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwoodFurther Reading:https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/29/science/sir-edmund-halley-orbiting-forever-in-newton-s-shadow.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halleyhttp://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/hughes_icq29_7t14.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/science/q-a-237647.htmlhttps://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2010JRASC.104...28Rhttps://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halleyhttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley/https://books.google.ro/books?id=LhkoowKFaTsC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=A+Direct+and+Geometrical+Method+of+Finding+the+Aphelia,+Eccentricities,+and+Proportions+of+the+Primary+Planets,+Without+Supposing+Equality+in+Angular+Motion&source=bl&ots=ujmVE-mUNk&sig=ACfU3U03aIvtNiIhT8T9jiRZTucALBMkDg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK8sj1s_6FAxWx8bsIHZibAZYQ6AF6BAhBEAM#v=onepage&q=A%20Direct%20and%20Geometrical%20Method%20of%20Finding%20the%20Aphelia%2C%20Eccentricities%2C%20and%20Proportions%20of%20the%20Primary%20Planets%2C%20Without%20Supposing%20Equality%20in%20Angular%20Motion&f=falsehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/halley_edmond.shtmlhttps://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-edmond-halleyhttps://books.google.ro/books?redir_esc=y&id=LhkoowKFaTsC&q=charles+II#v=snippet&q=charles%20II&f=falsehttps://www.worldhistory.org/Edmond_Halley/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halleyhttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley/https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillger/pdf/Halley_chart.pdfhttps://www.aaas.org/multi-layered-wisdom-edmond-halleyhttps://www.aaas.org/multi-layered-wisdom-edmond-halleyhttps://www.famousscientists.org/edmund-halley/https://interestingengineering.com/science/edmond-halley-the-story-of-a-man-and-his-comethttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Halley/https://www.geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/mag_fld/magdec-en.phphttps://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/1p-halley/https://www.history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-halleys-comet-sightingshttps://interestingengineering.com/science/edmond-halley-the-story-of-a-man-and-his-cometCarl Sagan and Ann Druyan - Comet https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2010JRASC.104...28R http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/hughes_icq29_7t14.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/science/q-a-237647.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/29/science/sir-edmund-halley-orb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices