Tag: Space and astronomy

• Who’s on the Moon? The birthplaces of the people we named other worlds after

  

  I traced 2,718 names on the Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars back to the towns where those people were born. 75% of the Moon’s people were born in Europe, and Paris alone outnumbers Africa, South America and Oceania.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Beyond Earth, Birthplaces, Commemoration, Naming, place names, population, Present day, space, Space and astronomy, Wikidata

• When did your town last see a total eclipse?

  

  London has seen one total eclipse of the Sun in 1,200 years. I computed every path of totality across Britain and Ireland from AD 1000 to 2200 and tested 17,103 places: for most towns the last one was in 1715 or 1724.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories

  Britain, cities, Ireland, Long view, Place search, space, Space and astronomy, Sunlight, UK