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||2012: Asteroid 367943 Duende discovered ... a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra Observatory in 2012, and named for the duende, a goblin-like creature from Iberian and Filipino mythology and folklore. Duende is likely an uncommon L-type asteroid and significantly elongated. Pic. | ||2012: Asteroid 367943 Duende discovered ... a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra Observatory in 2012, and named for the duende, a goblin-like creature from Iberian and Filipino mythology and folklore. Duende is likely an uncommon L-type asteroid and significantly elongated. Pic. | ||
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1580: Physician, occultist, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Johann Weyer publicly accuses the House of Malevecchio of secretly distributing clandestiphrine and other transdimensional drugs.
1583: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin born. Morin will champion the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin will also oppose Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.
1742: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi uses Gnomon algorithm functions to translate Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy into Italian.
1855: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss dies. He had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.
1898: Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1927: German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
1940: ENIAC program accidentally generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1941: Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1963: Mathematician, information engineer, and crime-fighter Claude Shannon publishes new theory of entropy which reveals new approaches to the detection and prevent of crimes against mathematical constants.
1974: German diplomat and intelligence officer Hans Bernd Gisevius dies. Gisevius was a covert opponent of the Nazi regime, and a radical communist; he served as a liaison in Zürich between Allen Dulles, station chief for the American OSS, and the German Resistance forces in Germany.