* Astronomy

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Home -> Astronomy News -> December -> December 16th
Post Info TOPIC: December 16th
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
RE: December 16th
Permalink  
 

Possible Solar Neutron Event on December 16, 1988
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vYDvTcOkFm4C&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q&f=false

Title: Moon, eclipse of, 1899 December 16, observed at the Liverpool Observatory
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1900MNRAS..60..222P



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel opened on December 16, 1903
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taj_Mahal_Palace_Hotel

16 December 1838 was the date of the Battle of Blood River, commemorated in South Africa once as the Day of the Vow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voortrekker_Monument#Cenotaph

On 16 December 1497, Vasco da Gama's fleet passed the Great Fish River (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama#Journey_to_the_Cape



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

The 1811 New Madrid earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%931812_New_Madrid_earthquakes

The 1575 Valdivia earthquake was an earthquake in Chile that occurred on December 16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1575_Valdivia_earthquake

1920 Haiyuan earthquake, was an earthquake that occurred on December 16, 1920.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846280/1920-haiyuan-earthquake/

The Hoei Eruption of Mount Fuji started on December 16, 1707
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t5789239/mount-fuji/

The Great Fire of New York began on the evening of December 16, 1835
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_New_York



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

The Argonaut was a class of submarines built by engineer Simon Lake. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846213/the-argonaut/

The R100 airship made its maiden flight on the 16th December 1929
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R100



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 


Pioneer 6 was launched on December 16, 1965 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_6,_7,_8,_and_9

Soyuz T-1 was launched on the 16th December 1979
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_T-1

Telstar 401 was launched on 16 December 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_401

TacSat-2 was launched on 16 December 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TacSat-2

Sistema Satelital para Observación de la Tierra (SSOT) satellite launched on 16 December 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSOT_(satellite)



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction author
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t14574738/arthur-c-clarke/

Alexander Ross Clarke (1828-1914) was a British geodesist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846186/alexander-ross-clarke-1828-1914/

Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 - February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846175/edward-emerson-barnard-1857-1923/

Giovanni Battista Donati (16 December 1826 - 20 September 1873) was an Italian astronomer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846195/giovanni-battista-donati-1826-1873/

Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans (December 16, 1827 - December 14, 1906) was a Dutch astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Abraham_Chr%C3%A9tien_Oudemans

Wilhelm Julius Foerster (December 16, 1832 - January 18, 1921) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Julius_Foerster

Nigel Oscar Weiss FRS (born 16 December 1936) is an astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Weiss

Adam Guy Riess (born 16 December 1969) is an American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Riess

Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 - 23 January 1810) was a German chemist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46846202/johann-wilhelm-ritter-1776-1810/



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

The celebrated "radium-barium-mesothorium-fractionation" experiment took place on the on 16-17 December 1938 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hahn#The_discovery_of_Nuclear_Fission



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

The Beethoven Burst (GRB 991216) was a gamma-ray burst observed on December 16, 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven_Burst_(GRB_991216)

NGC 129 was discovered by William Herschel on the 16th December 1788. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55934087/ngc-129/



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

Astronomers discovered GJ1214b on the 16th December 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GJ1214b

On 16 December 1999, the planet Tau Boötis b was dubbed the "Millennium Planet" .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Bo%C3%B6tis_b

The Great Comet of 1844 (C/1844 Y1, 1844 III)was discovered on December 16, 1844
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5XXjVF8fuGkC&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false

Quebec, P. Q., Dec. 16, 1884. - An aerolite fell on the farm of C. Francois, at Chateau Richer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55931281/an-aerolite-falls-in-canada/

Meteor-Fall in Oregon, December 16, 1892.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55931597/oregon-meteor-december-16-1892/

The Queen Alexandra Range 94201 (QUE 94201) Martian (shergottite) meteorite was discovered in Eastern Antarctica on the 16th December 1994
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t32904045/martian-meteorites-que-94201/



__________________
Blobrana


L

Posts: 131433
Date:
Permalink  
 

Meteorites

The Ivuna (CI1) meteorite fell in Mbeya, Tanzania, on the 16th December, 1938.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t18373994/ivuna-meteorite/

The Mehaires (L6) meteorite fell in Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania, on the 16th December, 2012.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55934342/mehaires-meteorite/



__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Home -> Astronomy News -> December -> December 16th


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard