Discovery Of Uranus Research Paper

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Exploration and discovery have played a huge role in the process of science. In different areas of arts and science exploration and discovery have been used. The discovery that I wrote about is the discovery of Uranus. A man named William Herschel in the year 1781 discovered the planet of Uranus. It was the first planet ever to be discovered that was not visible to the naked eye. Planet was branded the name by the Greeks, meaning wanderer. They were deemed that name because they moved around instead of the stars around them that stayed still. The discovery of Uranus marked as a huge step in discovering the rest of our solar system.

William Herschel was actually a musician more than he was an astronomer. Looking at stars was more of a hobby