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