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              Discovery of Asteroids by N. R. Pogson
              IND-IIA-F025-I04 · Item · 1861-04-18
              Part of Compilation of Pogson's observations and drawing

              This item was about the discovery of 5 Asteroids (or minor planets as they were known at that time) Asia, Sappho, Sylvia, Camilla and Vera at Madras. The first was named asteroid 'Asia' as it was the first to be discovered by an observer on this continent. This page from Pogson's log book shows the first observations of Asia made on April 18th and 19th 1861.

               Pogson, Norman Robert