“'s opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of astronomy lay altogether neglected; since none could think it worthwhile to observe, and to give an account of the wandering and uncertain paths of vapours floating in the Ether.””
Quotes by Edmond Halley
“In the year 1456 ... a Comet was seen passing Retrograde between the Earth and the sun... Hence I dare venture to foretell, that it will return again in the year 1758.””
Edmond HalleyEdmond Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician, and physicist, best known for his work in celestial mechanics and for predicting the return of the comet that bears his name, Halley's Comet. Bo...