Satellites of Jupiter
Date
5 February 1672
Creator
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 318mm
width (page): 204mm
width (page): 204mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of Jupiter's satellites in John Flamsteed's letter to Henry Oldenburg, which was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 February 1672.
There are copies of this figure at LBO/5/156 and LBC/5/172.
There are copies of this figure at LBO/5/156 and LBC/5/172.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 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
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712, Italian) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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