* Astronomy

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RE: December 7th

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ATS-I, the first geostationary satellite, was launched on 7 December 1966
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/missions/ats_prt.htm

Apollo 17 was launched on December 7, 1972
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17

The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20921108/galileo-mission/

OAO-2 Stargazer (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2) was a space observatory launched on December 7, 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Astronomical_Observatory_2

The Jason/TIMED oceanography satellite was launched in 2001
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t23024555/jason-1-oceanography-satellite/

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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (December 7, 903. Rey, Iran - May 25, 986. Shiraz) was a Persian astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51822601/abd-al-rahman-al-sufi-903-986/

Gerard Peter Kuiper (December 7, 1905 - December 24, 1973) was a Dutch-American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Peter_Kuiper

William Simms (7 December 1793 - 21 June 1860) was a British scientific instrument maker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Simms_(instrument_maker)

Nicholas Michael Katz (born 7 December 1943) is an American mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Katz

Luigi Cremona (7 December 1830 - 10 June 1903) was an Italian mathematician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Cremona

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Stellafane held their first meeting on December 7, 1923
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellafane

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released on the 7th December, 1979.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture

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NGC 1802 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55826827/ngc-1802/

NGC 2266 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55826871/ngc-2266/

NGC 2770 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t15039443/ngc-2770/

NGC 2832 was likely first discovered by William Herschelon the 7th December 1785
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57004732/ngc-2832/

NGC 3003 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55826339/ngc-3003/

NGC 3021 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55826325/ngc-3021/

NGC 3395 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55826301/ngc-3395/

NGC 3396 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55826291/ngc-3396/

NGC 3735 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 7th December 1801.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55826234/ngc-3735/

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The Great Southern Comet of 1947 was first seen as a brilliant object in the evening twilight on December 7
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DFgMAaU3vA8C&pg=PA236#v=onepage&q&f=false

Asteroid (737) Arequipa was dicovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf on the 7th December 1912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/737_Arequipa

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Meteorites

The Tourinnes-la-Grosse (L6) meteorite fell in Nivelles, Belgium, on the 7th December, 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46609457/tourinnes-la-grosse-meteorite/