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- History · 13 March 1781
William Herschel discovers Uranus
On 13 March 1781, the musician and amateur astronomer William Herschel spotted a faint disc through his home-made telescope in Bath, England. It was a new planet, Uranus, the first discovered with a telescope and the first unknown to ancient astronomers. It doubled the known size of the solar system.
- On this day · 13 March 1781
William Herschel discovers Uranus
On 13 March 1781, the musician and astronomer William Herschel spotted a faint disc through his home-made telescope in Bath, England. He first thought it was a comet. It proved to be a new planet, Uranus, the first discovered with a telescope, doubling the known size of the solar system.
- 13 March 1781 · from William Herschel discovers Uranus
Herschel spots Uranus
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Herschel discovers Uranus