Satellites of Jupiter
Date
5 February 1672
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol5 p172
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 303mm
width (page): 174mm
width (page): 174mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of Jupiter's satellites in John Flamsteed's letter to Oldenburg, which was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 February 1672.
This is copied from LBO/5/156. The original letter is at EL/F1/79.
This is copied from LBO/5/156. The original letter is at EL/F1/79.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 February 1672, ‘Letters to Mr. Oldenburg were read […] of Mr Flamstead, dated at Derby, 5th February, 1672, containing some of his late observations concerning the satellites of Jupiter’ (Birch 3:9-10).
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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