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noun • (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit | ||||||||
| 30% | 9 | Device invented by Edmund Halley | ||||||
noun • a recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure | ||||||||
| 30% | 6 | Comets like Halley are often called this, meaning 'hairy' | ||||||
noun • English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) | ||||||||
Halley Discovery Crossword Clue
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Updated: October 10, 2023
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