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Letter, from Annibal de Gasparis to Sir John Herschel, dated at Naples

Reference number: HS/8/45

Date: 15 September 1851

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Gives details of the new planet discovered 29 July. Proposes to call it Eunomia.

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HS/8/45
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15 September 1851
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Annibale de Gasparis

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Annibale de Gasparis, Letter, from Annibal de Gasparis to Sir John Herschel, dated at Naples, 15 September 1851, HS/8/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_45/letter-from-annibal-de-gasparis-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-naples, accessed on 09 July 2025

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