Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks.
Letter dated 26th September 1804 includes details of 27th September observation of Mr Harding’s new planet (3 Juno).
Administrative / biographical background
Juno was discovered in 1804 by Karl Ludwig Harding. It was the third asteroid found, but was initially considered to be a planet; it was later reclassified as an asteroid and minor planet by the 1850s.
Administrative / biographical background
Juno was discovered in 1804 by Karl Ludwig Harding. It was the third asteroid found, but was initially considered to be a planet; it was later reclassified as an asteroid and minor planet by the 1850s.
Record Details
Item reference: | MSK/3/1/34 |
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Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
Level: | ITEM |
Date made: | 1804-09-26 |
Creator: | Maskelyne, Nevil |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/1)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/2)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/3)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/4)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/5)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/6)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/7)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/8)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/9)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/10)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/11)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/12)
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