1890
Jupiter Photography
Photographs and studies Jupiter with the large refractor at Lick Observatory.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Lick Observatory in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Photographs and studies Jupiter with the large refractor at Lick Observatory.
Discovers Amalthea, the fifth known moon of Jupiter and the last satellite found visually.
Discovers Himalia in photographs taken with the Crossley reflector at Lick Observatory.
Discovers Elara, an outer irregular moon of Jupiter, using photographic observations.
Finds Sinope, extending the known family of distant retrograde Jovian satellites.
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