It's been 3998 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to Pluto on
July 14, 2015.
It's been 2731 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to 2014 MU69 on
January 1, 2019.
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2nd day of Summer
91 days until Fall
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70 years ago, in 1843:
The Great Comet of 1843 is first observed.
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This year:
Several hundred meteors are seen streaming across the sky from Saskatchewan to Bermuda.
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113 years ago, in 1800:
While testing filters for observing the Sun, William Herschel discovers infrared radiation in sunlight.
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349 years ago, in 1564:
Galileo Galilei is born in Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy.
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68 years ago, in 1845:
The 72-inch Rosse (Leviathan of Parsonstown) Telescope sees "first light".
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440 years ago, in 1473:
Nicolaus Copernicus is born in Thorn, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland.
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126 years ago, in 1787:
William Herschel's 40-foot (Great Forty-Foot) Telescope sees "first light".
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297 years ago, in 1616:
Galileo Galilei is ordered by the Inquisition to abandon the Copernican theories.
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130 years ago, in 1783:
NGC 2360 (Caroline's Cluster), an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major, is discovered by Caroline Herschel.
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70 years ago, in 1843:
The Great Comet of 1843 makes a very close perihelion of less than 515,000 miles (830,000 km).
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357 years ago, in 1556:
The German astronomer Joachim Heller discovers the Great Comet of 1556 (C/1556 D1).
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