<p>Born Oct. 23, 1893, in Estonia, Ernest Opik was based at the Astronomical Observatory in Tartu from 1921-1944. It was there in the 1920s that he began to research meteors and comets, their frequencies, and their speeds. In 1932, he proposed a reservoir of long-period comets that formed a large cloud, orbiting the Sun at<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-23-1893-birth-of-ernest-opik/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Oct. 23, 1893: Birth of Ernest Opik"</span></a></p>
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Born Oct. 23, 1893, in Estonia, Ernest Opik was based at the Astronomical Observatory in Tartu from 1921-1944. It was there in the 1920s that he began to research meteors and comets, their frequencies, and their speeds. In 1932, he proposed a reservoir of long-period comets that formed a large cloud, orbiting the Sun atContinue reading “Oct. 23, 1893: Birth of Ernest Opik”
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