Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Word of The Day
revolution: The motion of one body around another (e.g. the motion of the planets in their orbit around the Sun).
Who Was Born Today?:
1792: John Herschel, born in Slough, England, William Herschel's son, astronomer
1837: Henry Draper, born in Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer, Moon, Jupiter
1940: Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5
1837: Henry Draper, born in Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer, Moon, Jupiter
1940: Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
1962: Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data)
1973: Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory
1989: Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland
1996: 1st surface photos of Pluto by Hubble Space Telescope
