Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1944)

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.

December 28 is the 362nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; three days remain until the end of the year.