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Peters, Christian Heinrich Friedrich, 1813 - 1890 (astronomer)

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Papers on small planets, satellites and comets, 1875-11 - 1878-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/107
Scope and Contents The first part of the volume is dedicated to the minor planets, and includes observations taken at Paris and Greenwich. There are also circulars by F. Tietjen for the Berlin Jahrbuch, 1875-1878; discoveries of new minor planets by J.S. Watson, P.P. Henry, J. Palisa, C.H.F. Peters, M. Borrelly, M. Perrotin and M. Cotterot, chiefly in the form of telegrams and ephemerides; and elements and observations of known asteroids, largely in German. The second part concerns the intra mercurial planet...
Dates: 1875-11 - 1878-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the small planets, satellites and comets, 1880 - 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/109
Scope and Contents The volume includes the Greenwich and Paris observations of the minor planets; circulars for the Berlin Jahrbuch, 1880; and announcements and observations of newly discovered asteroids by C.H.F. Peters and Coggias, in the form of telegrams and requests for ephemerides. There are also papers concerning comets, relating largely to the Great Southern Comet of 1880, with associated sunspot activity observed in New Zealand and Sir D. Gill's Cape of Good Hope observations. Other comets observed...
Dates: 1880 - 1881
Conditions Governing Access: Please note that File 8 is missing.

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