Paper, observations of Saturn with figures of sunspots and division in ring of Saturn by [Jean Dominique] Cassini
Reference number: CLP/8i/32
Date: 26 August 1676
Description
Description of sunspots and of the rings of Saturn. Paper appears to have been enclosed with his letter dated 26 August 1676 to Henry Oldenburg.
Includes diagrams.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract of Signor Cassini's letter concerning a spot lately seen in the sun; together with a remarkable observation of Saturn, made by the same'
- Reference number
- CLP/8i/32
- Earliest possible date
- 26 August 1676
- Physical description
- Pencil on paper
Ink on paper - Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Paper, observations of Saturn with figures of sunspots and division in ring of Saturn by [Jean Dominique] Cassini, 26 August 1676, CLP/8i/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_32/paper-observations-of-saturn-with-figures-of-sunspots-and-division-in-ring-of-saturn-by-jean-dominique-cassini, accessed on 18 May 2025
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