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Letter, 'Concerning the discovery of a comet' from Caroline Herschel to Joseph Planta

Reference number: L&P/10/60

Date: 08 October 1793

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the discovery of a comet. In a letter from Miss Caroline Herschel, to Joseph Planta, Esq. Sec. R. S'

Read 7 November 1793

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L&P/10/60
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08 October 1793
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Letter, 'Concerning the discovery of a comet' from Caroline Herschel to Joseph Planta, 08 October 1793, L&P/10/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_60/letter-concerning-the-discovery-of-a-comet-from-caroline-herschel-to-joseph-planta, accessed on 14 April 2026

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