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Great Red Spot Drawing

England · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1857Date range
1Named people
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Chronological records

1857

William Rutter Dawes1857

England · Science / Astronomy

Records a drawing of a large Jovian spot during renewed nineteenth-century observations of Jupiter.

Names involved

William Rutter Dawes

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