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Remembering the Great Meteor Procession of 1860

Friday, July 19, 2013 19:32
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Painting of The Meteor of 1860 by  Hudson River School artist Frederic Church. (Credit: Frederic Church courtesy of Judith Filenbaum Hernstadt).

Painting of The Meteor of 1860 by Hudson River School artist Frederic Church. (Credit: Frederic Church, courtesy of Judith Filenbaum Hernstadt).

“Year of meteors! Brooding year!”

 -Walt Whitman

July 20th is a red letter date in space history. Apollo 11, the first crewed landing on the Moon, took place on this day in 1969. Viking 1 also made the first successful landing on Mars, seven years later to the day in 1976.(…)
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Post tags: astronomy history, astronomy mysteries, bolide, Fireball, great comets, leonids, meteor procession of 1860, The great comet of 1860, the great comet of 1861, walt whitman

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