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Letter, 'The elements of Ceres and Pallas' from Carl Friedrich Gauss to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/12/101

Date: 02 April 1805

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/12/101
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02 April 1805
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4 pages
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Karl Friedrich Gauss

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Karl Friedrich Gauss, Letter, 'The elements of Ceres and Pallas' from Carl Friedrich Gauss to Nevil Maskelyne, 02 April 1805, L&P/12/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_101/letter-the-elements-of-ceres-and-pallas-from-carl-friedrich-gauss-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 24 June 2025

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