Copy of a letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to John Flamsteed
Reference number: EL/C1/59
Date: 11 August 1673
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Cassini discusses observations of the satellites of Jupiter (particularly the distances of the satellites from Jupiter), the parallax of Mars, and Horrocks's theory of the moon
- Reference number
- EL/C1/59
- Earliest possible date
- 11 August 1673
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Copy of a letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to John Flamsteed, 11 August 1673, EL/C1/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_59/copy-of-a-letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-john-flamsteed, accessed on 19 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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John Flamsteed
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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