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    Markree Castle is a castle located in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, partially moated by the River Unshin...
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    Markree Observatory was an astronomical observatory in County Sligo, Ireland. The asteroid 9 Metis was discovered from this observatory in 1848 by Cooper's...
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    discoverer of the asteroid 9 Metis. In 1842 Graham was appointed to work at Markree Observatory in County Sligo in northwest Ireland. The observatory had been...
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  • Blorenge mountains, and to the River Usk. She is also known to have visited Markree Castle near Sligo, and some sources link Alexander's text with the surrounding...
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    Kilkenny, while the lowest temperature recorded was −19.1 °C (−2.4 °F) at Markree Castle in Sligo. Rainfall is more prevalent during winter months and less...
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  • 9, 1996 Kushiro S. Ueda, H. Kaneda  · 13 km MPC · JPL 10598 Markrees 1996 TT11 Markrees October 13, 1996 Prescott P. G. Comba  · 3.7 km MPC · JPL 10599...
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    Kepler's rules for celestial motions. (See also #Computation of orbit) At Markree Observatory in Ireland, an E. J. Cooper used a Cauchoix of Paris lens telescope...
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  • 10596 Stevensimpson 1996 TS Steven Simpson (born 1958). JPL · 10596 10598 Markrees 1996 TT11 Mark B. Rees (born 1963), stepson of the discoverer, Paul G....
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    Visiting County Sligo in Ireland, he wrote a letter to his wife from Markree Castle in 1860: "I am haunted by the human chimpanzees I saw along that...
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  • formerly of Watford and Hawkswick pedigree "Ireland Game and Country Fair Markree Castle". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-09-02...
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