Halley's comet is the most famous. What was the name of the scientist who first discovered Halley's comet?

In the vast universe, there is a comet named Harley, which is called "Harley" because it is named after a scientist, edmund halley. Because he first measured and confirmed the existence of this comet, in order to flaunt his achievements, the name of this comet was named after "Harley".

As for this scientist, his contribution to astronomy goes beyond the discovery of this comet. Edmund Harley, born in London, was admitted to Queen's College of Oxford University at the age of 17, where he studied mathematics, which was the basis of his contribution to astronomy. When he graduated, he left London and went to St. Helena in the South Atlantic, where he set up an observatory, which is also the first southern hemisphere observatory in human history.

After a period of hard work, he compiled the South Star Catalogue and recorded the Huangtong coordinates of more than 340 South Stars, so Harley won the reputation of "the Tycho in the South". In addition, it is precisely because Harley published this catalogue that the court society opened the door for him and Harley became a member. 1720, he became the director of Greenwich Observatory. After that, he devoted himself to studying the orbit of comets for decades. In his theory of comet astronomy, he recorded the information of 24 comets, and Halley's comet was one of them.

Although Halley's Comet was named after Halley, Halley was not the first person to discover Halley's Comet. Harley only confirmed the existence of Halley's comet and helped people to better understand and know this comet. For Halley's Comet, people have known it sporadically for a long time in history.

Halley's Comet appeared in China's history books and was recorded in great detail. For example, in the Spring and Autumn Annals, Lu Wengong recorded that "a star entered the Beidou" in fourteen years, which is the earliest exact record of Halley's Comet in the world. In addition, it is also recorded in "Brief Training of Huai Nan Zi Bing", but it is not very accurate. The appearance of comets has been recorded in China's history books, but due to the development of western astronomy, China was left behind.

For the discovery and confirmation of Halley's comet, Halley spent a lot of effort, constantly sorting out information and constantly relying on historical records about the movement of comets. In the end, it was a success. In On Comet Astronomy, he predicted that the Great Comet would arrive at the end of 1758 or the beginning of 1759.