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  <dc:title>Letter from Matthew Fontaine Maury, National Observatory, Washington, to William Henry Smyth, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Announcing the discovery of a new asteroid by James Ferguson, assistant astronomer. He has delayed announcing the discovery to find out if the body was already known. The honour of naming the asteroid was left to Ferguson, who has chosen 'Euphrosyne'.

Proceedings of the Royal Society v7 1854 p165-166.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>21 October 1854</dc:date>
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