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On this day in 1634 – September 25th – Danish astronomer Ole Christensen Rømer was born in Aarhus, Denmark.

He is best known for making the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light by precisely measuring the length of time between eclipses of Jupiter by one of its moons.


Mona Evans
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