350 years of astronomers royal: Astronomical advisors to the British monarchs

Near the Moon’s western limb lies Oceanus Procellarum, the Ocean of Storms — a vast swath of terrain spanning 1,600 miles (2,500 kilometers) north to south, and covering 10.5 percent of the lunar surface. Its hinterland is peppered with a teeming sea of craters. One of them, at its southeastern extremity, honors Britain’s first AstronomerContinue reading “350 years of astronomers royal: Astronomical advisors to the British monarchs”
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