It's been 3972 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to Pluto on
July 14, 2015.
It's been 2705 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to 2014 MU69 on
January 1, 2019.
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69th day of Spring
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105 years ago, in 1843:
The Great Comet of 1843 is first observed.
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35 years ago, in 1913:
Several hundred meteors are seen streaming across the sky from Saskatchewan to Bermuda.
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14 years ago, in 1934:
4179 Toutatis is first sighted as object 1934 CT, but is lost soon after.
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148 years ago, in 1800:
While testing filters for observing the Sun, William Herschel discovers infrared radiation in sunlight.
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1 year ago, in 1947:
An approximately 100-ton meteorite explodes and impacts in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, USSR.
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384 years ago, in 1564:
Galileo Galilei is born in Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy.
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103 years ago, in 1845:
The 72-inch Rosse (Leviathan of Parsonstown) Telescope sees "first light".
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This year:
Gerard Kuiper discovers one of Uranus' moons, Miranda.
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18 years ago, in 1930:
Clyde W. Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
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475 years ago, in 1473:
Nicolaus Copernicus is born in Thorn, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland.
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161 years ago, in 1787:
William Herschel's 40-foot (Great Forty-Foot) Telescope sees "first light".
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1 year ago, in 1947:
A U.S. launched V-2 rocket sends the first animals (fruit flies) into space, which are successfully recovered.
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332 years ago, in 1616:
Galileo Galilei is ordered by the Inquisition to abandon the Copernican theories.
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165 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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105 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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6 years ago, in 1942:
James Stanley Hey accidentaly discovers radio emmissions coming from the Sun.
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392 years ago, in 1556:
The German astronomer Joachim Heller discovers the Great Comet of 1556 (C/1556 D1).
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444 years ago, in 1504:
Christopher Columbus correctly predicts a total lunar eclipse and uses it to convince the natives of Jamaica to continue feeding his men.
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