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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: HALLEY'S COMET-- ANCESTORS--
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 21:00:38 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 19 21:00:38 1985
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> ...Their ancestor discovered the famous comet...

No he didn't, he deduced (but did not live long enough to prove) that
several major comets were in fact periodic appearances of the same comet.
This might count as a discovery of the comet, but Comet Halley was seen
millenia before Halley was born.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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