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Letter, regarding observations of planet Vesta from Stephen Groombridge to Stephen Lee

Reference number: PT/1/14

Date: 29 April 1807

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Letter sent from Stephen Groombridge at Blackheath to Stephen Lee, also marked received by Dr N [Nevil] Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal. Groombridge writes to Lee regarding his observations of the planet Vesta following information about the planet communicated by Dr [Heinrich] Olbers to the Royal Society on 30 March 1807.

Not published in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Astronomy

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PT/1/14
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29 April 1807
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4 pages
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Stephen Groombridge

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Stephen Groombridge, Letter, regarding observations of planet Vesta from Stephen Groombridge to Stephen Lee, 29 April 1807, PT/1/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_1_14/letter-regarding-observations-of-planet-vesta-from-stephen-groombridge-to-stephen-lee, accessed on 10 December 2024

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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