Friday, March 13, 2009

Uranus was discovered today in 1781


The butt of many jokes.

William Herschel--using a far better telescope than Galileo's--discovered a new planet. He himself called it "George", after the king of England, but everyone else prefered "Uranus", which was the name that eventually prevailed.--Bill Ashworth, Linda Hall Library.

Uranus

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