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RefNoPT/1/14
LevelItem
TitleLetter, regarding observations of planet Vesta from Stephen Groombridge to Stephen Lee
Date29 April 1807
DescriptionLetter sent from Stephen Groombridge at Blackheath to Stephen Lee, also marked received by Dr N [Nevil] Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal. Groombridge writes to Lee regarding his observations of the planet Vesta following information about the planet communicated by Dr [Heinrich] Olbers to the Royal Society on 30 March 1807.

Not published in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Astronomy
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5809Groombridge; Stephen (1755 - 1832)1755 - 1832
NA2916Lee; Stephen (- 1835) - 1835
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
NA1804Olbers; Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias (1758 - 1840)1758 - 1840
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