1783 Great Meteor

1783 Great Meteor
Print of the 1783 Great Meteor by Paul Sandby (1731–1809). Original in the collection of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
Date18 August 1783 (1783-08-18)
LocationBritish Isles

The 1783 Great Meteor was a meteor procession observed on 18 August 1783 from the British Isles, at a time when such phenomena were not well understood. The meteor was the subject of much discussion in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and was the subject of a detailed study by Charles Blagden.


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