During colonial North America, a bright, icy, small Solar System body passed by Earth and was observed by English astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742). Its tail was over 96 million miles long of dust and gas blown out from the coma surrounding its nucleus. Halley's calculations predicted the comet would return in 1758, and it did. The Comet has been observed throughout history, including in North America. Halley noticed that comets appeared in 1531, 1607, and 1682, all about 76 years apart. He used Isaac Newton's law of gravity to calculate the orbits of the comets. He concluded that these comets were actually the same comet returning on a long elliptical orbit around the sun.

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Audio Credit: Bedtime Astronomy podcast, Halley's Comet: The Celestial Beacon of Time (July 20, 2024; Synthetic Universe). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.

During colonial North America, a bright, icy, small Solar System body passed by Earth and was observed by English astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742). Its tail was over 96 million miles long of dust and gas blown out from the coma surrounding its nucleus. Halley's calculations predicted the comet would return in 1758, and it did. The Comet has been observed throughout history, including in North America. Halley noticed that comets appeared in 1531, 1607, and 1682, all about 76 years apart. He used Isaac Newton's law of gravity to calculate the orbits of the comets. He concluded that these comets were actually the same comet returning on a long elliptical orbit around the sun.
Check out the YouTube version of this episode at&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/GnP5pPoYt9Q"></a><a href="https://youtu.be/eaNSTVWy7F4">https://youtu.be/eaNSTVWy7F4 </a><a href="https://youtu.be/GnP5pPoYt9Q"></a> which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. &nbsp;
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<li>Books about Halley's Comet at <a href="https://amzn.to/4hYpuJo">https://amzn.to/4hYpuJo</a></li>
<li>Bedtime Astronomy podcast available at <a href="https://amzn.to/4hvFqDc">https://amzn.to/4hvFqDc</a></li>
</ul>
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<li>Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast is available at <a href="https://www.parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus/">https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus</a></li>
<li>Mark's TIMELINE video channel:&nbsp;<a href="https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet">https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Website: <a href="https://markvinet.com/podcast">https://markvinet.com/podcast</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Books: <a href="https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM">https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM</a> &nbsp;</li>
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Audio Credit:&nbsp;Bedtime Astronomy podcast, Halley's Comet: The Celestial Beacon of Time (July 20, 2024; Synthetic Universe). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.

Sweeping historical saga of the United States (USA), Canada and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch. Join host Mark Vinet on this exciting and fascinating journey through time, exploring and focusing on the interesting, compelling, wonderful and tragic stories of the North American continent, its inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders, environment and geography.

History of North America

Sweeping historical saga of the United States (USA), Canada and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch. Join host Mark Vinet on this exciting and fascinating journey through time, exploring and focusing on the interesting, compelling, wonderful and tragic stories of the North American continent, its inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders, environment and geography.

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