Editing 1831 in science (section)

==Astronomy==
* January 7 – Great Comet of 1831 (C/1831 A1, 1830 II) first observed by [[John Herapath]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1831MNRAS...2....6H&amp;db_key=AST|title=SAO/NASA ADS Astronomy Abstract Service|bibcode=1831MNRAS...2....6H|accessdate=2011-02-06|last1=Herapath |first1=John |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |year=1831 |volume=2 |page=6 }}</ref>
* March 7 – [[Royal Astronomical Society]] receives its [[Royal Charter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/about-the-ras/a-brief-history|title=A brief history of the RAS|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|accessdate=2011-02-06| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110130164034/http://www.ras.org.uk/about-the-ras/a-brief-history| archivedate= 30 January 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Heinrich Schwabe]] makes the first detailed drawing of the [[Great Red Spot]] on [[Jupiter]].
* [[Mary Somerville]] translates [[Laplace]]'s ''Mécanique céleste'' as ''The Mechanism of the Heavens''.