[meteorite-list] An 18th century depiction of a meteor

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 05 Oct 2010 18:27:08 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000BF0000515C_at_paulinet.de>

Darren, thanks for this link:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/houghton/2010/09/24/look-up-in-the-sky/

.. and while we are at it, there was an equally interesting
article in the July 2010 issue of Sky & Telescope, pp. 28-33:

Walt Whitman's Year of Meteors

- Poem: Year of Meteors
- 1833 Leonids?
- 1858 Leonids?
- 1859 Daylight Fireball?
- Meteor Showers and Earth Grazers
- Meteor Processions
- July 20, 1860, Meteor Procession

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Cheers,

Bernd
Received on Tue 05 Oct 2010 02:27:08 PM PDT


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