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Uranus, discovered by Herschel in 1781. In March 1781, during his search for double stars, Herschel noticed an object appearing as a disk. Herschel originally thought it was a comet or a stellar disc, which he believed he might actually resolve. [40] He reported the sighting to Nevil Maskelyne the Astronomer Royal. [41]
The planet's first appearance in a work of fiction was in the pseudonymous "Monsieur Vivenair" ' s 1784 novel A Journey Lately Performed Through the Air, in an Aerostatic Globe, Commonly Called an Air Balloon, from this Terraqueous Globe to the Newly Discovered Planet, Georgium Sidus, a satire of the then-reigning British monarch George III and his court.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS (/ ˈ h ɜːr ʃ əl, ˈ h ɛər-/; [2] 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) [1] was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint [3] [4] [5] and did botanical work.
o: 13 March 1781 p: 26 April 1781 Uranus: 7th Planet: Herschel first reported the discovery of Uranus on 26 April 1781, initially believing it to be a comet. [17]: 11 January 1787 p: 15 February 1787 Titania: Uranus III Uranus I (1787–1797) Herschel. [18] [19] He later reported four more spurious satellites. [20] Oberon: Uranus IV Uranus II ...
In 1781, William Herschel was looking for binary stars in the constellation of Taurus when he observed what he thought was a new comet. Its orbit revealed that it was a new planet, Uranus, the first ever discovered telescopically. [20] Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres in 1801, a small world between Mars and
Three-decade old data may have just led scientists to make a new discovery about Uranus.
The year 1781 in science and technology involved some significant events. ... March 13 – William Herschel observes Uranus (although initially recording it as a ...
When William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, he at first named it Georgium Sidus (George's Star) after the King, who later funded the construction and maintenance of Herschel's 1785 40-foot telescope, which at the time was the biggest ever built.