are there any museums here?
Yes. The Streatorland Historical Society Museum
Streator, Illinois
The Streatorland Historical Society Museum houses displays of Streator history and memorabilia of some of its famous citizens.
what is the definition of a planet? A planet is a body that orbits the Sun, is massive enough for its own gravity to make it round and has "cleared its neighbourhood" of smaller objects approaching its orbit how were they described during antiquity? Ancient Greek astronomers employed the term "asteres planetai" meaning "wandering stars", to describe those starlike lights in the heavens that moved over the course of the year and during the middle ages? Medieval and Renaissance writers generally accepted the idea of seven planets what is one controversy that is going on regarding this? A number of Pluto-as-planet proponents have circulated a petition among astronomers to alter the definition when was this controversial entity discovered? 1930 by whom? Clyde Tombaugh who was he? American astronomer where was he born? Streator, Illinois did this place experience any natural calamity in 1951? Yes. The worst flood in it's history what about in 2010? An EF2 tornado swept through southern Streator
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Streator, Illinois [SEP] Museums and historical buildings
The Streatorland Historical Society Museum houses displays of Streator history and memorabilia of some of its famous citizens. One of the displays is a tribute to the Free Canteen. The Canteen was a group of local volunteers who served over 1.5 million soldiers during World War II who briefly stopped at the city's old Santa Fe Train Depot while traveling by troop trains. Other features include a homemade telescope used by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh and a Burlington Northern caboose rail car. During World War II the Streator Santa Fe Train Depot was a busy way-station for millions of soldiers and sailors who passed through the town on the way to or from training for the war.