On this day in 2016 - September 30th - ESA's Rosetta mission ended with a controlled descent to the surface of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Draper was an American physician, professor of medicine, keen astronomer and pioneer of astrophotographer. Stars with HD numbers are listed in the Henry Draper Catalog compiled by Harvard College Observatory and funded by Draper's widow, Anna Draper.


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