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Paper read before the Royal Society
- When
- 27 November 1783
- Where
- Royal Society of London
Michell's paper proposing celestial bodies similar to black holes was read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1783.
In a paper for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, read on 27 November 1783, Michell was the first to propose the existence of celestial bodies similar to black holes. The paper carried the title "On the Means of Discovering the Distance, Magnitude, &c. of the Fixed Stars, in Consequence of the Diminution of the Velocity of Their Light..."
Sources
- John Michell Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01
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