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November 30th in Astronomy and Space Science
Astronomical Event773Chinese astronomers record an occultation of the star β Scorpii by the planet Venus. The same star had been occulted by Jupiter in May of that year.
Invention1609Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei makes the first astronomical observations with a telescope. He had first heard of the instrument the preceeding May, seven months after its invention by Dutch optician Hans Lippershey.
Unmanned Spaceflight1964USSR launches the Zond 2 space probe towards Mars. It passed within 1,609 km (1,000 miles) of the planet but failed to return any data.
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