The Discovery of Uranus · Asteria Star

Overview

William Herschel spotted a slow-moving object that proved to be a new planet far beyond Saturn — the first planet discovered since antiquity.

Doubled the radius of the known Solar System and made Herschel famous overnight.

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BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
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