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Larissa Observation

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

2Records
1981Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1981

Larry Lebofsky1981

Science / Astronomy

Lebofsky participates in the ground-based observations that first reveal the moon later confirmed as Larissa.

David Tholen1981

Science / Astronomy

Tholen participates in observations that detect the body later confirmed by Voyager 2 as Neptune's moon Larissa.

Names involved

David TholenLarry Lebofsky

Provenance

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