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The Discovery of the Satellites of Mars

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As some of the earlier newspaper accounts of Prof. Hall's discovery of satellites of Mars are said to have produced, in some quarters, an impression not fair to him, and as the same accounts may produce the same impression abroad, it seems proper to make the following statement:—

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NEWCOMB, S. The Discovery of the Satellites of Mars. Nature 16, 456–457 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016456a0

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