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Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 30, 20224 min read
In this month: July 2022
1st July 2013 Hippocamp, a moon of Neptune, is discovered. With a diameter of approximately 35 kilometres it is the smallest moon that...
Elizabeth Cocking
Apr 30, 20224 min read
In this month: May 2022
Historical astronomical events, and people who were born this month and have influenced our understanding of the cosmos. 18th May 1991...
Elizabeth Cocking
Apr 1, 20224 min read
In this month: April 2022
24th April 1957 The first edition of The Sky at Night a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy is shown on British...
Elizabeth Cocking
Feb 28, 20223 min read
In this month: March 2022
5th March 1616 On this day in 1616 the Roman Catholic Church adds "" (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jan 31, 20224 min read
In this month: February 2022
Astronomical happenings from the past and the birthdays of astronomers past and present. 19th February 1787 The first observation is...
Elizabeth Cocking
Oct 31, 20214 min read
In this month: November
7th November 1631 A transit of Mercury occurs. Many astronomers set up to capture Mercury's movement in front of the Sun. However only...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 30, 20213 min read
In this month: October 2021
10th October 1846 Triton, the largest natural satellite of Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell. The image of...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 31, 20213 min read
In this month: September
9th September 1892 Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter, is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard using the 36 inch (91 cm) refractor telescope at...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 8, 20212 min read
Did you know? Artificial Satellites
This month . . . Artificial Satellites. From the launch of Sputnik which lead to the start of the Space Race between the Soviet Union...
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