It's been 3970 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to Pluto on
July 14, 2015.
It's been 2703 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to 2014 MU69 on
January 1, 2019.
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68th day of Spring
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133 years ago, in 1817:
Charles Messier dies at age 86 in Paris, France.
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101 years ago, in 1849:
Annibale de Gasparis of Italy discovers the fourth largest asteroid, Hygiea.
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76 years ago, in 1874:
The French astronomer Jerome Coggia discovers Comet Coggia (C/1874 H1, the Great Comet of 1874).
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160 years ago, in 1790:
Caroline Herschel discovers her fourth comet, Comet C/1790 H1 (Herschel).
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264 years ago, in 1686:
Giovanni Cassini discovers one of Saturn's moons, Dione.
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30 years ago, in 1920:
The Great Debate (Shapley–Curtis) about the size of the universe takes place at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
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