* Astronomy

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RE: December 12th

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Rigel culminates at midnight on December 12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigel

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The first amateur satellite simply named OSCAR-1, was launched on December 12, 1961
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46697940/oscar-1-satellite/

Small Astronomy Satellite 1, Uhuru, a NASA X-Ray satellite launched on December 12, 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Astronomy_Satellite_1

Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2 was launched on 12 December 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-3_Unit_2

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Kenneth "Hock" Todd Ham (born December 12, 1964) is a retired American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Ham

Steven Alan Hawley (born December 12, 1951) is a former NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hawley

Eugene Michael Chudnovsky (born 12 December 1948) is a Distinguished Professor of Physics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Chudnovsky

Alfred Werner (12 December 1866 - 15 November 1919) was a Swiss chemist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Werner

James Challis (12 December 1803 - 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Challis

Father Christmas (12 December 1788 - 3 December 2015)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35009259

Ulrike Luise Tillmann (born 12 December 1962) is a mathematician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrike_Tillmann

Valter Giuliani (born 12 December 1960) is an Italian astronomer.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valter_Giuliani

Georges-Antoine-Pons Rayet (December 12, 1839 - June 14, 1906) was a French astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Rayet

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On 12 December 1901, the first transatlantic wireless transmission was received at Signal Hill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

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NGC 6217 was discovered by William Herschel on the 12th December 1797.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55890828/ngc-6217/

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) was first photographed by Max Wolf in Heidelberg on the 12th December 1890.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_Nebula

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Mu Arae b's discovery was announced on December 12, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_Arae_b

Asteroid 253 Mathilde was discovered by Johann Palisa on the 12 November 1885.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/253_Mathilde

Asteroid 7796 Járacimrman was discovered by the Brera-Merate Observatory on 12 December 1973
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7796_J%C3%A1racimrman

Puppides-Velides: Up to 15 meteors per hour may be observed on the 12th December
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56181924/puppides-velides/

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Meteorites

December 12, 1872 - a meteorite hits a wall close to the market town of Banbury in England.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t23107936/banbury-meteorite/

No historical meteorite falls today, AFAIK