In the latter half of the nineteenth century, astronomer and science historian Giovanni Schiaparelli researched the history of astronomy (discovering that two ancient Greek astronomers had a much more advanced concept of the solar system than their successors), discovered the asteroid 97 Hesperia, discovered the origin of several periodic meteor showers as debris from the […]
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Giovanni Schiaparelli and Averted Imagination
Posted by jkade on March 14, 2009
http://www.astromichigan.org/2009/03/giovanni-schiaparelli-and-averted-imagination/