On today’s Google Doodle:
Today is Edmond Halley’s 335th birthday. He’ s the English astronomer best known for computing the orbit of the comet in his name.
I didn’t know that “Halley” (as in the comet, named for the English astronomer who computed its orbit) has three different pronounciations. I’m accustomed to the one that rhymes with “daily”. The most common one (used in Great Britain) is the one that rhymes with “valley”.
