Halley
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Halley may refer to:
[edit] People
Further information: Haley (surname)
- Includes a list of people with the surname Halley
- Antoine Halley (1593-1675), French poet
- Edmond Halley (1656 – 1742), English Astronomer Royal
- Robert Halley (1796-1876), English Congregationalist minister and abolitionist
- Paul-Louis Halley (1934-2003), French businessman
- Peter Halley (1953-), American painter
[edit] Science
- Halley's Comet, whose period was first calculated by Edmond Halley
- Halley Armada, a group of space probes sent to examine Comet Halley in 1986
- Halley (lunar crater), a lunar crater named after Edmond Halley
- Halley Research Station, British research facility on the Weddell Sea in Antarctica
[edit] See also
- Haley (disambiguation) (variant form)
- Hailey (disambiguation) (variant form)
- Hayley (variant form)
- Hali (disambiguation) (variant form)
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