Paper, 'On the Georgian planet and its satellites' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/9/91

Date: 01 March 1787

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Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the georgian planet and its satellites'

Read 22 May 1788

Reference number: L&P/9/91
Earliest possible date: 01 March 1787
Physical description: Ink on paper and plate
Page extent: 19 pages
Format: Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'On the Georgian planet and its satellites' by William Herschel, 01 March 1787, L&P/9/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_91/paper-on-the-georgian-planet-and-its-satellites-by-william-herschel, accessed on 23 July 2026

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Date: 31st December 1788

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1788.0024

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1786-1792 Reference number: L&P/9

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