COMETS OF 1ST CENTURY
Various shapes of comet reported by Plinius the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) including disk-shaped, twin- tailed, bearded, sword-like and other variants
Picture No
10056841
Media ID
47220531
Size
3000px x 4959px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
unnamed artist in Hevelius's Cosmography, reproduced in Guillemin, Les Cometes, p 172
Date
1st century
