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31 de may. de 2024 · La primera luna de Neptuno en ser descubierto es Tritón: este satélite fue observado por primera vez por William Lassell diecisiete días después del descubrimiento del planeta azul en 1846. Un satélite natural más fue descubierto en 1949 por Gerard Kuiper, quien nombró a esta luna Nereida .
Hace 2 días · 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.
Hace 3 días · It was discovered in 1850 by William and George Bond, though William R. Dawes and Johann Galle also saw it independently. William Lassell termed it the "Crepe Ring" because it seemed to be composed of darker material than the brighter A and B Rings.
Hace 4 días · After he discovered Ariel and Umbriel in 1851, Lassell numbered the four real Uranian satellites then known outward from their parent planet as I (Ariel), II (Umbriel), III (Titania), and IV (Oberon), and this finally stuck.
26 de may. de 2024 · News of the telescope‘s completion sent shockwaves through the scientific community, drawing luminaries like Sir John Herschel and William Lassell to Birr to marvel at Parsons‘ creation. It was through the Leviathan‘s mighty eye that Parsons made his most revolutionary discovery: the first detailed observations of spiral ...
13 de may. de 2024 · William Lassell (* 18. Juni 1799 in Bolton, England; † 5. Oktober 1880 in Maidenhead, England) war ein britischer Astronom. Leben. William Lassell betrieb nach einer kaufmännischen Ausbildung eine Brauerei. Deren wirtschaftlicher Erfolg ermöglichte es ihm, seinem Interesse an der Astronomie nachzugehen.
Hace 5 días · It was discovered by the English astronomer William Lassell in October 1846, only a few weeks after the discovery of Neptune itself. Triton was named after a merman in Greek mythology who was the son of the sea god Poseidon (the Roman god Neptune). Basic data
