Satellites of Jupiter
Date
5 February 1672
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p156
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 314mm
width (page): 195mm
width (page): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of Jupiter's satellites in Flamsteed's letter to Oldenburg, which was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 February 1672.
This is copied from EL/F1/79/001. There is another copy at LBC/5/172.
This is copied from EL/F1/79/001. There is another copy at LBC/5/172.
Object history
At the meeting of 8 February 1682, the following letter was read, ‘of Mr. Flamstead, dated at Derby, 5th February, 1671/2, containing some of his late observations concerning the satellites of Jupiter’ (Birch 3:10).
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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