Edmund Halley

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Do you ever just sit outside at night, look up at the stars, and know basically nothing about the world you live in?

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Ask your doctor if the moon belongs to you.

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#spacelife https://t.co/omoOMHzSGM

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Stars! They're just like us... Fixed points of light against the void, arranged in contrived constellations of long-dead gods!

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Throwback Thursday. Fling forward Friday. Throw everything in every direction Saturday. Jail cell Sunday.

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For the next ten minutes, I will be accepting questions. Most will likely be "Why?" over and over in a softer and softer voice. Let's begin

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Today is one of the days in the rest of your life.

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Due to being accused of atheism, I was opposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson, and Bishop Stillingfleet #hatersgonnahate

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I suffered one of the earliest recorded cases of middle ear barotrauma https://t.co/0Lq670ePnE https://t.co/aXGuQ225TA

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The symbols I used to represent trailing winds still exist in most modern day weather chart representations #stillrelevant #spacelife

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I lived through the 2nd Anglo-dutch war, the 9 year's war, and the war of Spanish succession #britainneedstostop https://t.co/zy9565JyRv

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#didyouknow In 1704, I was appointed Savilian professor of geometry at Oxford University #astrotweet #youwishyouwerethiscool #spacelife

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#didyouknow (1/2) In my Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets (1705) I collected and analyzed all known observations of comets and

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(2/2) computed the parabolic orbits of 24 comets dating from 1337 to 1698
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#didyouknow I persuaded Newton to develop and publish his ideas on celestial mechanics. #goodfriend
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#didyouknow I was dubbed by Flamsteed "the Southern Tycho, " a reference to Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.
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#didyouknow I was acquainted with Robert Hooke, Sir Christopher Wren and Sir Isaac Newton #spacelife #astrotweet #famouspeople

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#didyouknow King Charles II decreed that Oxford grant me a Master of Arts degree #spacelife - See more at: https://t.co/gtcsRmmFWF

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#didyouknow I improved the sextant while on my journey to St.Helena and back #spacelife #astrotweet #nowyouknow #imagenius #science

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#didyouknow In college, I published papers on the solar system and on sunspots #astrotweet #spacelife - See more at: https://t.co/gtcsRmmFWF

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@originofstrings so you invented string theory, but do you own any cats? #iwanttoknow #pleasesendmepicturesofcats