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| William Herschel | | Uranus |
Sir Frederick William Herschel, England, 1781.
| Uranus | | Was Discovered in 1781 |
At the time, there were only six known planets
| Uranus | | Has 13 Rings |
William Herschell first "suspected" a ring in 1789. It was confirmed centuries later by Hawaii's Keck Telescope.
| Uranus | | Orbits the Sun on Its Side |
Kind of rolls around the sun
| William Herschel | | The Discoverer of the Planet Uranus |
Born 1738 CE, died 1822 CE
| Uranus (1990) | | Michel Blanc, Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Marielle |
Directed by Claude Berri and Arlette Langmann
| Book I, Chap. XI. | | The Origin, Life, Reign, Name and Death of Jupiter, and of Saturn and Uranus |
Book I - Of the False Worship of the Gods
| The Epitome, Chap. XIV. | | The Actions of Saturnus and Uranus Taken from the Historians |
The Epitome of the Divine Institutes
| Uranus | | Was Named After the Ancient Greek God of the Sky |
Ouranos. The only planet, other than Earth, not named after a Roman god.
| Uranus | | 2.88 Billion Kilometres |
1.79 billion miles. Perihelion; 2.75 billion km; aphelion: 3.00 billion km.
| William Herschel | | The Discoverer of Uranus' Moon Oberon |
Born 1738 CE, died 1822 CE