| Reference number | L&P/8/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, The name of a new planet [Uranus] is announced as Georgium Sidus; with a description of the same' from William Herschel to Joseph Banks |
| Date | 1782 |
| Description | Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from William Herschel, Esq. F. R. S' and 'On the diameter and magnitude of the Georgium Sidus; with a description of the dark and lucid disk and periphery micrometers'
Read 7 November 1782 |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1783.0002 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1783.0001 |
| Related records in the catalogue | L&P/7/192 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8060 | Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer | 1738 - 1822 |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |