Ormsby M. Mitchel
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Ormsby MacKnight (or McKnight) Mitchel (August 28, 1810 – October 31, 1862) was an American astronomer and major general in the American Civil War.
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[edit]- Mans can't make moons
- Remark, aged three, on seeing the Moon.
- As reported in Sky and Telescope, November 2019, page 30