Paper, 'On the discovery of four additional satellites of the Georgium Sidus. The retrograde motion of its old satellites announced and the cuase of their disappearance at certain distances from the planet explained' by William Herschel
Reference number: L&P/11/40
Date: 01 September 1797
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Contains two plates.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the discovery of four additional satellites of the georgium sidus. The retrograde motion of its old satellites announced; and the cause of their disappearance at certain distances from the planet explained'
Read 21 December 1797
- Reference number
- L&P/11/40
- Earliest possible date
- 01 September 1797
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and two plates
- Page extent
- 32 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the discovery of four additional satellites of the Georgium Sidus. The retrograde motion of its old satellites announced and the cuase of their disappearance at certain distances from the planet explained' by William Herschel, 01 September 1797, L&P/11/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_40/paper-on-the-discovery-of-four-additional-satellites-of-the-georgium-sidus-the-retrograde-motion-of-its-old-satellites-announced-and-the-cuase-of-their-disappearance-at-certain-distances-from-the-planet-explained-by-william-herschel, accessed on 12 October 2026
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