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#halleyscomet — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. My new #BookAtBedtime is going to be #Comet by #CarlSagan and #AnnDruyan. This book was published to coincide with the return of #HalleysComet and it was a Christmas present for me in 1985. The truly shameful thing is that it has sat unread on my shelves for over four decades. Well, my father’s no longer around and I ought still to apologize to him but at last I’m going to read it. For goodness sake, it’s a shorter time to the #comet's next appearance than the last time!

  2. Today, April 20, 1910, renowned American author Mark Twain leaves Earth to keep his appointment with Halley’s Comet (The Adventures of Mark Twain, 1985, dir. Will Vinton)

    #Movies #Film #Animation #StopMotion #StopMo #Claymation #WillVinton #MarkTwain #HalleysComet #TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain

  3. 🔍Why is our service called #Edmond?

    Well, the first #datacollection in Edmond was a set of images of the nucleus of the comet Halley.☄️
    Therefore, the repository was named after Edmond Halley (1656-1742), an #astronomer best known for computing the orbit of the #HalleysComet.