Discovery of the satellites of Mars : read before the Wash. Phil. Society Febr. 16, 1878 / [Asaph Hall].

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Discovery of the satellites of Mars : read before the Wash. Phil. Society Febr. 16, 1878 / [Asaph Hall].

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The author's handwritten account of his discovery of the moons of Mars (namely Deimos and Phobos) on August 17, 1877.

14 p. ; 30 cm.

US Naval Observatory, James M. Gilliss Library

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US Naval Observatory, James M. Gilliss Library

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United States. Naval Observatory

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Organizational History 1830 Establishment of the Depot of Charts and Instruments, Washington, D.C. 1843 1844 Construction of the observatory on its present site 1846 Publication of the first ...

Hall, Asaph, 1829-1907

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