New Hampshire Astronomical SocietyAugust 30th in Astronomy and Space Science
 | 1877 | The New York Times reports the discovery of a third moon of Mars by American astronomers Henry Draper and Edward Holden. The discovery later proves to be false - the proposed orbit doesn't even obey Kepler's laws of planetary motion. |
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