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Uranus Almost Had An Arguably Even Funnier NameYes, really. In March 1781, in Bath, England, the astronomer William Herschel became the first person to recognize what we now call Uranus as a planet. It was a history-making discovery in ...
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Genius scientist and composer William Herschel to finally be recognised in SunderlandHe discovered the planet Uranus, infrared radiation, two of Saturn’s moons and composed many great symphonies.
Orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 2.9 billion kilometres - more than 19 times further out than the Earth - Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of a telescope, in 1781.
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