[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack [PAR] AROUND 240 B.C., CHINESE ASTRONOMERS OBSERVED THIS, LATER 
NAMED FOR A BRITISH ASTRONOMER, HALLEY'S COMET. IN 585 B.C., 
THALES... [DOC] [TLE] Halley's Comet - Wikipedia [PAR] Halley's Comet or Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period 
comet visible ... Clear records of the comet's appearances were made by 
Chinese, .... Observations conducted around the time of Halley's appearance in 
1986 .... astronomical designations for every apparition of Halley's Comet from 
240 BC,... [DOC] [TLE] Babylonian astronomy - Wikipedia [PAR] According to Asger Aaboe, the origins of Western astronomy can be found in 
Mesopotamia, and all Western efforts in the exact sciences are descendants in 
direct line from the work of the late Babylonian astronomers. ... 626 BC). The 
Babylonians were the first to recognize that astronomical phenomena are .... 240 
BCE). [DOC] [TLE] Astronomers Plan Close-up Look At Halley - tribunedigital ... [PAR] Jun 2, 1985 ... It is named for Edmond Halley, the British astronomer who predicted in ... been 
observed as far back as 240 B.C. by Chinese astronomers, but... [DOC] [TLE] Astronomy Timeline - Windows to the Universe [PAR] May 6, 2008 ... This is a timeline of important events in astronomical history. ... ~1,700 B.C., 
Britain, Bronze introduced in Britain ... Aristarchus suggests the Earth revolves 
around the Sun. ... 1054 A.D., China, Chinese astronomers observe supernova in 
... The observatory, built upon a flattened hill, was named Maragha... [DOC] [TLE] Astronomy through the Ages by Eli Minkin on Prezi [PAR] Describes astronomical discoveries and famous astronomers starting at early ... 
240 b.c is when Chinese astronomers first saw Halley's Comet. ... They designed 
whole structures around the sun, moon, and the stars. ... Later Galileo observed 
the phases of Venus which proved the Copernican theory Refractor Telescope... [DOC] [TLE] Formation of the Chinese Civilization - china.org.cn [PAR] Ancient Chinese astronomers diligently observed solar eclipses, and made 
scrupulous ... Later, recordings of solar eclipses begun in the 3rd century BC and 
of lunar ... 240 BC (the 7th year of the reign of the First Emperor of Qin) to 1910 (
the 2nd ... In 1731, a British astronomer discovered an oblong spot of fog over 
China. [DOC] [TLE] NASA - Sun-Earth Day 2009 Total Solar Eclipse: China [PAR] In ancient China, astronomical observations were performed, not out of abstract 
... as Yinxu, which was the capital city of the Yin Dynasty (later-Shang Dynasty). ... 
Over the course of 240 years, the circumstances for 37 solar eclipses were noted. 
... two astrologers who served the Emperor Chung K'ang around 2134 B.C. On... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter Three Astronomy: Sky Watchers and More - NextReads [PAR] Chinese astronomy resembles most other premodern sky technologies in ... 
There is evidence of star observation from before the twenty-first century B.C.186 
... The diviner noted both the prognostication and later results on the cracked 
material. ... another bone recording from around the same time revealed the 
observation... [DOC] [TLE] What is Halley's Comet? - Universe Today [PAR] Jun 12, 2015 ... In his 1705 publication, Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets, Halley ... But 
thanks to French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, the comet was named in 
... 7576 years, although it has varied between 7479 years since 240 BC. ... 
Observations conducted around the time of Halley's appearance in 1986... [DOC] [TLE] Ten Facts About Halley's Comet [PAR] Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley (1656 - 1742). ... 
Halley's Comet takes 75 to 76 years to complete an orbit around the Sun. ... to go 
through ancient astronomical records to find other observations of the comet. ... is 
from 240 BC by the Chinese in a chronicle called Records of the Grand Historian. [DOC] [TLE] Oriental Star Maps - SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System [PAR] Commencing around 200 BC. numerous astronomical observations were 
reported in ... Later - towards the end of the first millennium AD - Japan and 
Korea followed suit. ... The

Question: Around 240 B.C. Chinese astronomers observed this, later named for a British astronomer
Answer: Halley\'s Comet