A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet

A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet

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Edmond Halley was an inventive astronomer who is best known for discovering the periodic return of the comet that's named for him. traveler1116 via Getty Images Edmond Halley discovered that a certain comet, which now has his name, returns every 76 years. Two of his papers on eclipses recently…

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