Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Jay Pasachoff

Born: July 1, 1943
Died: November 20, 2022 (aged 79)
Bio: Jay Myron Pasachoff was an American astronomer. Pasachoff was Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College and the author of textbooks and tradebooks in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and other sciences.
Known for:
- The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium (2001)
- Astronomy, from the earth to the universe (1979)
- Contemporary astronomy (1977)
- The complete idiot's guide to the sun (2003)