Geek Fact for March 15th

By Judy Novotny / 03/15/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1750, astronomer Caroline Herschel was born.

She was the first woman to discover a comet. The comet, discovered on August 1st, 1786, was named “Herschel” and is also known as “first lady’s comet”.

Learn more at https://thescienceclassroom.wikispaces.com/Caroline+Herschel

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.