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Forensic astronomer solves Walt Whitman mystery

By Maggie Mckee

2 June 2010

Gallery: Forensic astronomer solves Walt Whitman mystery

A painting by a Hudson River School artist helped researchers identify the celestial event described in Whitman’s poem Year of Meteors. Read an interview with the astronomical sleuth who led the investigation

Gallery: Forensic astronomer solves Walt Whitman mystery

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