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Was the Repeating Passage of Halley’s Comet Known of in Ancient Times?
Saturday, April 6, 2013 8:32
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Comet P/Halley as seen on its last inner solar system passage on March 8th, 1986. (Credit: W. Liller/NASA GSFC/ International Halley Watch Large Scale Phenomena Network).
An interesting and largely unknown tale of ancient astronomy recently came our way while reading author and astrophysicist Mario Livio’s blog. The story involves the passage of the most famous of all comets. (…)
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Post tags: Comet ISON, comet PanSTARRS, halley’s comet, halley’s comet history, mira, The Rabbis Star
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