Google Doodle Honors Caroline Herschel... With One Small Problem

Today marks Caroline Herschel's 266th birthday. She was an astronomer (and sister to another astronomer, William Herschel), who studied the heavens avidly. Besides breaking a lot of new ground as a woman astronomer, she is probably best known for her discovery of many comets. Google honored her today with her own Google Doodle, which is pretty cool*. That's nice, but I have to point out: The Doodle is showing meteors, not comets. This is a common misconception; a lot of people confuse them, thin...