Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/C1/54
Date: 09 January 1672
Description
Cassini provides his observations of a possible satellite of Saturn during October and November 1671; concerning Robert Hooke's observations of a lunar eclipse during September; Cassini gives his explanation of why Saturn looked round
Read to the Royal Society on 11 January 1672
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- EL/C1/54
- Earliest possible date
- 09 January 1672
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, 09 January 1672, EL/C1/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_54/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 14 March 2026
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Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
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