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1738 Nov 15
Sir William Hershel, British astronomer who discovered Uranus, was born.
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1781 Mar 13
Astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus, which he named 'Georgium Sidus,' in honor of George III. He initially though it was a comet. It is the 7th planet from the sun and revolves around the sun every 84.02 years. It is 14.6 time the size of Earth and has five satellites.
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1787 Jan 11
Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, were discovered by William Herschel.
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1787
1948
William Herschel and other astronomers spotted 5 moons circling Uranus during this period.
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1977 Mar 10
The rings of Uranus were discovered.
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1986 Jan 24
The Voyager 2 space probe swept past Uranus, coming within 50,679 miles of the seventh planet of the solar system. Uranus has puzzled scientists ever since the probe Voyager 2 did the flyby and found that its magnetic field appeared to break the planetary rulebook. In 2004 scientists noted that Neptune and Uranus have an interior structure that is different from those of Jupiter and Saturn.
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1986
Voyager II flew by Uranus.
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1994 Aug 14
Space telescope Hubble photographed Uranus with rings.
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1997
A computer simulation by Jack Lissauer of NASA showed that the motions of Uranian moons Juliet, Cressida and Desdemona would lead to collisions in some 500,000 years.
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2005 Dec 22
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope reported the discovery of 2 new moons and 2 new rings circling Uranus.
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