'Observation of Saturn on 29 June 1666' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/3/50

Date: 1666

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Description of observations of Saturn by Robert Hooke, observations made with a 60-foot telescope on 29 June 1666 between 11 and 12pm. Describes the rings appearing lighter than the body of the planet. Figure in text.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 11 July 1666, and ordered to be registered

Published in Philosophical Transactions vol 1, no 14, p 246 as 'Some observations, lately made at London, of the planet Jupiter: as also of Saturn.'

Reference number: RBO/3/50
Earliest possible date: 1666
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Observation of Saturn on 29 June 1666' by Robert Hooke, 1666, RBO/3/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_50/observation-of-saturn-on-29-june-1666-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 16 March 2025

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Some observations, lately made at London, of the planet Jupiter: as also of Saturn. External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 3rd May 1665

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0103

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