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Elizabeth Cocking and Toner Stevenson
Nov 30, 20233 min read
Astronomical happenings in December
IN THIS MONTH 23 December 1672 Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes Rhea, one of Saturn's Moons. Cassini discovered four...
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...
Andrew Wood
Oct 12, 20206 min read
A Day in My Life of The Solar System
"I set out to observe as many Solar System objects as I could..."
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 30, 20192 min read
In this month: July 2019
5th July 1687 The book Principia is published by Sir Isaac Newton. Written in Latin with the title Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia...
Elizabeth Cocking
Mar 31, 20192 min read
In this month: April
15th April 1970 Humans travel the furthest in space when the Apollo 13 crew reach 400,171 km from Earth in an attempt to return to Earth...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 1, 20181 min read
Did you know? - the planets
The Earth is not a sphere ! It is an oblate spheroid. Due to its rotation it bulges out at the equator about 43 km more than at the...
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