* Astronomy

Blobrana · L

RE: September 8th

Blobrana · L

Marshall Space Flight Center was dedicated on September 8 1960 by President Eisenhower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Space_Flight_Center#History

The first telescope installed at Mount Stromlo was the Oddie telescope which was installed on 8 September 1911.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Stromlo#Observatory_history

Intihuatana is a ritual stone in South America associated with the astronomic clock or calendar of the Inca.
Intihuatana was damaged on September 8, 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intihuatana

Blobrana · L

A World War I Zeppelin air raid destroyed No.61 Farringdon Road London on 8 September 1915.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farringdon_Road

On the 8th September 1944 the first V-2 missile landed in Staveley Road, Chiswick, London.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48293714/v-2-rocket/

The Armistice of Cassibile was made public on 8 September 1943
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_between_Italy_and_Allied_armed_forces

The 1694 Irpinia-Basilicata earthquake occurred on September 8.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1694_Irpinia-Basilicata_earthquake

The Honda Point Disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships on September 8, 1923
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_Disaster

The first known landing on Rockall was made on Sunday 8 September 1811
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endymion_(1797)#Rockall

Blobrana · L

The Genesis spacecraft crash-landed on September 8, 2004
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7338719/genesis-spacecraft/

Surveyor 5 was launched on September 8, 1967
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44928675/surveyor-5/

The Geotail made a lunar flyby in 1992
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37234968/geotail-satellite/

Viking 2 was launched on September 9, 1975
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44304495/viking-2-mission/

On 8 September 2000, the Ulysses space probe began its second passage over the Sun's south pole
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(spacecraft)

STS-106 Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on September 8, 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-106

Mars rover Curiosity raw image of the first ever space selfie on another planet on September 8, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Curiosity_first_space_selfie_(raw_image).jpg

Blobrana · L

Hans Joachim Oskar Fichtner (September 8, 1917 - October 21, 2012 was a rocket scientist who worked on V-2 rockets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Fichtner

Marin Mersenne (8 September 1588 - 1 September 1648) was a French theologian
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44867027/marin-mersenne-1588-1648/

Alexander (of) Neckam (8 September 1157 - 1217) was an English scholar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Neckam

Jeff Kanipe (born September 8, 1953) is a science writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kanipe

Judith Hann is a freelance broadcaster and writer specialising in science
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50718104/judith-hann/

Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shermer

Marc Davis is a Professor of Astronomy and Physics at the University of California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Davis_(astronomer)

John Aitken FRS FRSE (1839-1919) was a Scottish meteorologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aitken_%28scientist%29

Louis Zimmer (8 September 1888 - 12 December 1970) was an astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Zimmer

Johannes Wilsing (September 8, 1856 - December 23, 1943) was a German astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Wilsing

Heinrich Kreutz (September 8, 1854 - July 13, 1907) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Kreutz

Thomas Keith Glennan (September 8, 1905 - April 11, 1995) was the first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Keith_Glennan

Blobrana · L

The "Man Trap" is a first season episode (1966) of the science fiction television series Star Trek
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7861703/star-trek/

Screamers is a 1995 dystopian science fiction film directed by Christian Duguay.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54893296/screamers/

Blobrana · L

NGC 16 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 8th September 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58497260/ngc-16/

NGC 147 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 8th September 1829.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58497269/ngc-147/

NGC 6702 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th September 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58497273/ngc-6702/

NGC 7058 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 8th September 1829.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58497280/ngc-7058/

Blobrana · L

On September 8, 2001, Titania occulted a bright star (HIP106829)
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t24627574/titania/

1RXS J160929.1-210524 b, a directly imaged exoplanet was announced on 8 September 2008
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20903203/1rxs-j1609291-210524/

Asteroid (116) Sirona was discovered on September 8, 1871
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48631365/asteroid-116-sirona/

Asteroid (316) Goberta was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on September 8, 1891 in Nice, France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/316_Goberta

On the morning of 8 September 1882, Finlay was on his way home after a night's work when he noticed a bright comet.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54830217/great-comet-of-1882/

On 8 September, 1877, the Town's Mayor at the time had the Santa Rosa de Viterbo meteorite placed on a stone column and exhibited on the town's central park.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58497608/santa-rosa-de-viterbo-meteorite/

Blobrana · L

Meteorites

No historic meteorite falls today