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Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona

Reference number: HS/15/409

Date: 28 May 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Reports that [Annibal] de Gasparis has discovered a new asteroid, Parthenope. Gasparis credits John Frederick William Herschel with the discovery because John Frederick William Herschel had proposed the name Parthenope w

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HS/15/409
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28 May 1850
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 28 May 1850, HS/15/409, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_409/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 04 December 2024

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