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Winchester The Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1900

Page

3

Stars and a Fly Bring Superstitions to Light

A Washington Post column recalls two old superstitions from Franklin Park and a hospital tale about a bluebottle fly. The mammy warns a child against counting stars in the element, while a patient learns chasing away the fly may chase away visitors.

Washington Mammy Franklin Park Chile Washington Post

Why the Witt Asteroid Was First Called DQ and Then Eros

A Brooklyn lecture explains how minor planets received temporary alphabetical IDs as they were confirmed. After A through Z and then AA BB AB and beyond, the sequence reached DQ before the object was finally designated Eros, the 488th asteroid.

Erman Witt Eros Brooklyn J. K. Rees Columbia University

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