I did the discovery of Uranus! I found it to be really interesting. I learned some things! I learned that Uranus was discovered by William Herschel. It is the third largest planet and it orbit’s the sun once every 84th earth year. It is the only planet to spin perpendicular to its solar orbital plane.

William Herschel discovered Uranus in March of 1781. At first when he saw it he thought that it was just a comet. Anders Johan Lexell and Pierre-Simon de Laplace found out that it wasn’t a comet and that it was a planet! Laplace and Lexell were key in helping discover Uranus. If they hadn’t observed it too maybe the discovery would’ve been way later. I also learned that John Flamsteed also spotted Uranus six times. He thought