Not long ago, I discovered I that I was born within a day or so
of the latest Halley’s comet’s perihelion, in 1986.
Vaguely recollecting that Mark Twain had an interesting connection with a similarly timed birth I found this story:
He had been born beneath the 1835 appearance:
…and then correctly predicted that he would return with the 1910 version:
Digging up the original source, I was unsurprised to find this endearing quote:
I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835.It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.It will be the greatest disappointment of my lifeif I don’t go out with Halley’s Comet.The Almighty has said, no doubt:‘Now here are these two unaccountable freaks;they came in together, they must go out together.’
–Mark Twain: A Biography. AB Paine 1910 Vol 4. p 151
So in case this phenomenon too is periodic,
for the few days until the next perihelion
I’ve decided to keep a closer eye on
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make myself 