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Discovery of Lysithea

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

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1938Date range
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Chronological records

1938

Seth Barnes Nicholson6 July 1938

Mount Wilson · Science / Astronomy

Discovers Lysithea, an irregular satellite of Jupiter.

Names involved

Seth Barnes Nicholson

Provenance

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