#OnThisDay the first perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet was documented by Chinese astrono
#OnThisDay the first perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet was documented by Chinese astronomers in 240 BCE. Perihelion stems from the Greek “peri” meaning “near” and “helios” meaning “the Sun”. -- source link
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