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Letter, 'Observations on the comet discovered by Miss [Caroline] Herschel and its elements' from the Royal Astronomer of Gottingen to Joseph Banks with note by Johann Elert Bode

Reference number: L&P/10/12

Date: 23 February 1792

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/10/12
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23 February 1792
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Elert Bode

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel

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Johann Elert Bode, Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Letter, 'Observations on the comet discovered by Miss [Caroline] Herschel and its elements' from the Royal Astronomer of Gottingen to Joseph Banks with note by Johann Elert Bode, 23 February 1792, L&P/10/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_12/letter-observations-on-the-comet-discovered-by-miss-caroline-herschel-and-its-elements-from-the-royal-astronomer-of-gottingen-to-joseph-banks-with-note-by-johann-elert-bode, accessed on 18 April 2026

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