From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.409
Summary:
Reports that [Annibal] de Gasparis has discovered a new asteroid, Parthenope. Gasparis credits JH with the discovery because JH had proposed the name Parthenope when AG had discovered Hygeia.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project