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Box RGO 81/16-34: Box 2

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Observations of the minor planet Eros to determine the solar parallax: papers and records, 1930 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 81
Scope and Contents Records for the 1930-1931 parallax programme of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Cape Observatory to determine the solar parallax (distance to the Sun) by observations of the minor planet Eros and comparison stars. The records comprise tabulated data sets based on photographic observations taken at Greenwich and at various international observatories (RGO 81/2-48), along with 20 volumes of micrometric measurements of photographic observations of Eros and comparison stars from...
Dates: 1930 - 1941
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