There is a movement to rename Halley's Comet to Eilmer's Comet as monk Eilmer of Malmesbury was the first to identify the returning comet.

Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 6 天前

There is a movement to rename Halley's Comet to Eilmer's Comet as monk Eilmer of Malmesbury was the first to identify the returning comet.

Melllvar@startrek.website · 6 天前

Halley is the one who predicted its return mathematically. I’d say that’s more significant than seeing it twice in one lifetime and supposing that it’s the same comet.

_NetNomad@fedia.io · 6 天前

i can get behind this if and only if we also rename the band to Bill Eilmer and His Comets

jambudz@lemmy.zip · 6 天前

They can’t even pronounce Halley’s Comet right. They’re not changing it.

CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 天前

We always called it Hailey’s comet but knew it was spelt differently.

Do you pronounce it Hal-Lee or something like that?

jambudz@lemmy.zip · 6 天前

Edmund Halley, yeah Hal-lee

There is a movement to rename Halley's Comet to Eilmer's Comet as monk Eilmer of Malmesbury was the first to identify the returning comet.

There is a movement to rename Halley's Comet to Eilmer's Comet as monk Eilmer of Malmesbury was the first to identify the returning comet.

Halley’s Comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer