This day in history we feature the Halley’s Comet. Halley last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System on this day in 1986. Trivia – Halley’s Comet Halley’s Comet, Comet Halley, or sometimes simply Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–79 years. Halley is the only known […]
This day in history we feature Comet Ikeya-Seki. This comet was discovered independently by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki on this day in 1965. Trivia – Comet Ikeya Seki Comet Ikeya-Seki was observed as a faint telescopic object, the first calculations of its orbit suggested that on October 21, it would pass just 450,000 km […]
Asa Griggs Candler, an American business tycoon and politician who purchased the Coca-Cola recipe, was born on this day in 1851. Did you know that: • Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced the existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society on this day in 1924• The first picture of a comet […]
Jaromir Wagner was the first to fly to the Atlantic standing on the wing of a plane on this day in 1980. Did you know that: • Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovered California, at San Diego Bay, named it San Miguel, and claimed it for Spain on this day in 1542• Donati’s comet became the […]
