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Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (born 1618)

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Jeremiah Horrocks

English astronomer (1618–1641)

Jeremiah Horrocks, sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox, was an English astronomer. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit; and he was the only person to predict the transit of Venus of 1639, an event which he and his…
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January 3

Day of the year

January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 362 days remain until the end of the year.
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