The discovery of Uranus
The discovery of Uranus was on the 13th of March, 1781. When we say discovered, we mean someone realised it was a planet, for subsequent research found that astronomers had been observing the light spot for thousands of years.
It took 17 years before Uranus earned a mention in the local papers. The delay was because it took nearly seventy years for the name of Uranus to become generally accepted. Georgium Sidus was the one Herschel put forward, naming it Georges star after King George III.
The newspaper article reports on the finding of four more Uranian moons, doubling the total count to eight. There are currently 27 known moons.
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