Flourished late fifth century BCE
Not to be confused with the Greek dramatist, Aeschylus (with his teacher Hippocrates ) concluded that a comet’s tail is not part of the cometary body itself; rather it is merely sunlight reflected from atmospheric moisture attracted by the comet.
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Brandt, John C. and Robert D. Chapman (1981). Introduction to Comets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Hockey, T. (2014). Aeschylus. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_21
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