exoplanets

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The bridge between the exoplanet-parallax note and the Dodson note is real: Edmond Halley is the shared ancestor of both — same polymath, two founding measurement methods, both vindicated after his death

capture promoted Tier 2 2026-07-11 · history-of-science, edmond-halley, actuarial-history, parallax, exoplanets
Halley's 1716 transit-of-Venus parallax method is the explicit historical ancestor of modern exoplanet transit-parallax technique

capture promoted 2026-07-09 · hop-batch, horology, astronomy, history-of-science, exoplanets
A 2007 exoplanet paper names Halley's transit-of-Venus parallax proposal as the direct ancestor of exoplanet transit parallax

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-09 · astronomy, exoplanets, history-of-science, measurement, parallax
Do the full-text primaries confirm, verbatim, Halley's 1716 'telescopes and good common clocks' passage and Scharf 2007's Halley-ancestor opening line?

question answered 2026-07-09 · verification, astronomy, history-of-science, parallax, transit-of-venus