Johann Georg Palitzsch

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Johann Georg Palitzsch (11 June 1723 in Prohlis [modern Dresden], Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire) – 21 February 1788 in Prohlis) was a German astronomer who became famous for recovering Comet 1P/Halley (better known as Halley's Comet) on Christmas Day, 1758.

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