31 August
1979: On 31 August 1979, Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collided with the Sun. This was the first recorded instance of a comet hitting the Sun. The energy released by the event was ...
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1902: On 1 September 1902, Dirk Brouwer was born.
Brouwer was a Dutch-born US astronomer and geophysicist known for his achievements in celestial mechanics, especially for his pioneering application of high-speed digital computers for astronomical computations.
While still a student he determined the mass of Titan from its influence on other Saturnian moons. Brouwer developed general methods for finding orbits and computing errors, and applied these methods to comets, asteroids, and planets. He computed the orbits of the first artificial satellites. His book, Methods of Celestial Mechanics, taught a generation of celestial mechanicians.
1859: On 1 September 1859, a solar flare was observed for the first time by astronomer Richard Carrington.
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30 August
1844: On 30 August 1844, Francis Baily died.Baily was a British astronomer who detected the phenomenon called Baily's beads during a total eclipse of the Sun on 15 May 1836. ...
29 August
1965: On 29 August 1965, astronaut Gordon Cooper in orbit 160 kilometres above Earth aboard the NASA spacecraft Gemini 5 held a conversation with aquanaut M. Scott Carpenter in Sealab ...
28 August
1789: On 28 August 1789, Sir William Herschel discovered Saturn's moon Enceladus.Enceladus is one of the innermost moons of Saturn. It reflects almost 100 percent of the sunlight that strikes ...
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