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2 days ago · 235 Years Ago: Herschel Discovers Saturn’s Moon Enceladus. On Aug. 29, 1789, German-born British astronomer William Herschel observed a tiny bright dot orbiting around Saturn. His son later named the object Enceladus. Because of its distance from Earth and proximity to bright Saturn, for the next two centuries little remained known about ...
2 days ago · The first two moons to be discovered were Titania and Oberon, which were spotted by Sir William Herschel on January 11, 1787, six years after he had discovered the planet itself. Later, Herschel thought he had discovered up to six moons (see below) and perhaps even a ring.
1 day ago · William Herschel first observed Uranus on 13 March 1781, leading to its discovery as a planet, expanding the known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in history and making Uranus the first planet classified as such with the aid of a telescope.
6 days ago · His being the son of William Herschel, an eminent philosopher who had discovered the planet Uranus in 1781, added to his credibility.
5 days ago · British astronomer William Herschel is considered the discoverer of Uranus. Although he also mistook it for another space object, his observation of Uranus on March 13, 1781, led to its discovery as a planet.
1 day ago · Before any more Uranian moons were discovered, William Lassell sometimes adopted Herschel's numbers where Titania and Oberon are respectively Uranus II and IV, [24] and sometimes called them respectively Uranus I and II. [25]
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5 days ago · Their popularity reached a peak in the 18th century in an era of new solar discovery. The discovery of Uranus in 1781 by William Herschel led to increased interest in orreries, while Sir Isaac Newton’s universal theory of gravity and explanation for the orbits of the planets further fuelled enthusiasm.
