On this day in 1758 - December 25th - German amateur astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch became the first to view Halley's Comet on its return to the inner solar system.

The comet's return had been predicted by the English scientist and astronomer Edmond Halley, after whom it was subsequently named.


Mona Evans
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