DECEMBER 22, 1986
oil paint on records
2015
On December 22 1986 there were three phenomenal events that happened in space. The artist, curious about her origin and connection with nature and it's natural forces painted these three events that fell on her birth day onto found records. The records, that contain concealed sound are visual yet silent, just like within space.
Halley's Comet officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–76 years.Halley is the only known short-period comet that is clearly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime.[11] Halley last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061.
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On December 22, 1986 at 21h30 UT, solar longitude 270.23, the Ursid shower displayed an outburst of activity comparable to the outburst in 1945. The meteor shower had a peak hourly rate of 169 meteors.
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Comet C/2014 Q2, also known as Comet Lovejoy, is visible to the naked eye around the last week of December. It is reported to be half of the Moon's diameter, and astronomers noted its fast progress. The comet orbits the sun every 8,000 years; others report, however, that it revolves around the sun every 13,500 years with aphelion distance of 170 billion kilometers.
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