Astronomical charts
Date
1673
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
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Description
2 figures from issue 92 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure I. An astronomical chart showing the position of various stars about Saturn, as observed throughout December 1672 and January 1673.
Figure II. An astronomical chart showing the movement of a single star, positioned in between Saturn and its known satellite, as observed throughout December 1672 and January 1673.
Figure III. An astronomical chart explaining this star is in fact another interior satellite, and comparing its orbit with that of the known satellite.
Illustrations to ‘A discovery of two new planets about Saturn made in the Royal Parisian Observatory by Signor Cassini, Fellow of both the Royal Societys, of England and France’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, issue 9 (25 March 1673).
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625-1712), Italian astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672.
Figure I. An astronomical chart showing the position of various stars about Saturn, as observed throughout December 1672 and January 1673.
Figure II. An astronomical chart showing the movement of a single star, positioned in between Saturn and its known satellite, as observed throughout December 1672 and January 1673.
Figure III. An astronomical chart explaining this star is in fact another interior satellite, and comparing its orbit with that of the known satellite.
Illustrations to ‘A discovery of two new planets about Saturn made in the Royal Parisian Observatory by Signor Cassini, Fellow of both the Royal Societys, of England and France’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, issue 9 (25 March 1673).
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625-1712), Italian astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672.
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