Today March 30, 1680 There was a total solar eclipse which has even much importance for the chronology of Congos history, and which was observed near the rivers Kasai and Sankura (5 degrees south of the equator). It is originally de-scribed in Emil Tordays book „On the trail of the Bushongo“ (1925) or later in some of Basil Davidsons books. And in 1882 Minor Planet(224) Oceana Discovered 1882 March 30 by J. Palisa at Vienna. Named for the Pacific Ocean. (H 27) The discoverer communicated from Honolulu on return from the solar eclipse expedition of May 6, 1883 that Governor von Dessarts of Tahiti has named this planet And in 1981 Minor planet (2452) Lyot 1981 FE. Discovered 1981 March 30 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. Named in memory of the French astronomer Bernard Lyot (1897-1952). One of the outstanding experimental astronomers of the twentieth century, Lyot invented the solar coronagraph and the birefringent filter. He developed the study of the polarization of light from planets to a perfection that has hardly been surpassed. (M 6531) Lyot is also honored by craters on Mars and the Moon. And in 2033 Last total eclipse of Saros cycle 120 passes through both Nome and Barrow, Alaska. And in 2052 Next total solar eclipse on Christmas Island. They had their las one 1712 Dec 28.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:35:37 +0000