August 26, 1718 A region in the southwestern Pacific Ocean did not - TopicsExpress



          

August 26, 1718 A region in the southwestern Pacific Ocean did not had a solar eclipse for 20.86 years, between the solar eclipse of 15 October 1697 and 26 August 1718. One saros later, no solar eclipse was seen between 27 October 1715 and 5 September 1736. A period of again 20.86 years. The region is in the southern Indian Ocean. August 26, 1865 Death of Johann Franz Encke (1791-1865), German astronomer. Studied the comet with the same name, discovered the gap in the A-ring of Saturn and determent an accurate value of the solar parallax. The Royal Society mentioned the death to be 26 or 28 August 1865. August 26, 1962 Launch of Mariner 2 (US). Passed Venus and discovered solar wind.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 06:36:03 +0000

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