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< Portal:Astronomy | Anniversaries

  • 5 February 2002 – HESSI (High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager) solar flare observatory is launched on a mission to explore the physics of particle acceleration and energy release in solar flares
  • 10 February 2002 – Solar Orbiter is launched to perform detailed measurements of the inner heliosphere and nascent solar wind, and perform close observations of the polar regions of the Sun
  • 15 February 1845 – The Leviathan of Parsonstown, the world's largest telescope from 1845 to 1917, sees first light
  • 18 February 1930 – 23-year-old astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto by using a blink comparator on photographs he took in the previous month at Lowell Observatory
  • 25 February 2002 – Mariner 6 is launched to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars during close flybys

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