Calculations go into orbit

Calculations and notes predicting the orbit of what at the time was a newly discovered and very large asteroid, Juno, brought a bid of £7000 at Bonhams (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on March 1.

Written on a single album leaf, they were made in Göttingen in 1808, or soon thereafter, by Carl F…

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