Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.14696

    Ring of Saturn

    Date
    14 April 1666
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p67
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 320mm
    width (page): 195mm
    Subject
    Content object
    space
       > Solar system
          > planet
             > Saturn
    Description
    A small figure of Saturn with two black spots, observed by William Balle and communicated to Henry Oldenburg in a letter dated 14 April 1666. The figure is copied from the original letter, EL/B1/108/006.
    Related fellows
    William Balle (1627 - 1690, British) , Astronomer
    Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Europe
          > United Kingdom
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