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Luna ad Fixas Saturnum, anno 1671. Appulsus observabiles predicti et Ad meridianum latitudinum, Londini at tuato supputati a Johannae flamsteedio.

Reference number: MS/366/5/5

Date: 1670

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In Latin. By John Flamsteed. A note on the first page states that the paper was read on 24 November 1670. Includes several tables and a fold-out page of diagrams. The paper sets out predicted positions for Saturn's moon [presumably Titan, being the only of Saturn's moons to have been discovered at this point] for 1671.

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MS/366/5/5
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1670
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Luna ad Fixas Saturnum, anno 1671. Appulsus observabiles predicti et Ad meridianum latitudinum, Londini at tuato supputati a Johannae flamsteedio., 1670, MS/366/5/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_366_5_5/luna-ad-fixas-saturnum-anno-1671-appulsus-observabiles-predicti-et-ad-meridianum-latitudinum-londini-at-tuato-supputati-a-johannae-flamsteedio, accessed on 13 December 2025

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