Ring of Saturn
Date
9 June 1662
Creator
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
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Manuscript page number
p6
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 210mm
width (page): 153mm
width (page): 153mm
Subject
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Description
Figure of the ring of Saturn which Christian Huygens observed with the astronomer and mathematician Ismaël Bullialdus. In a letter from Huygens to Robert Moray, dated 9 June 1662.
There are copies at LBO/1/061 and LBC/1/073.
There are copies at LBO/1/061 and LBC/1/073.
Related fellows
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
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