Augsburg, Germany — 9 October 1819
Enormous planetary intruder
- An enormous mass passed in front of the Sun. Mr. Stark, canon of Augsburg, reported this observation, which is quoted by Le Verrier in Monthly Notices of the R.A.S., February 1877. It was “a well-defined round spot, about the size of Mercury, not to be seen the same evening.”
Source: Charles Chase Lord, Life and Times in Hopkinton, N.H. (Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1970). 398. Case: W350