Myles Standish

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English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)

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In 1992, Myles Standish used data from Voyager 2 's flyby of Neptune in 1989, which had revised the estimates of Neptune's mass downward by 0.5%—an amount comparable to the mass of Mars—to recalculate its gravitational effect on Uranus. Source: Internet

Located off of Crescent Street, the Myles Standish Monument State Reservation is home to a 130-foot tall edifice dedicated to the memory of Captain Myles Standish, the Plymouth Colony’s military leader. Source: Internet

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