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Titania & Oberon were the first 2 moons discovered orbiting this planet |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, shows an enclosed clockwork model.) Clockmaker Joseph Pope was about halfway through his 12-year project of building a gear-drivenmodelof the Solar System that showed the relative motion of the planets & their satellites, when in 1781, this planet was discovered, but rather than start over, he didn't include it |
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Astronomer William Herschel wanted to call the seventh planet Georgium Sidus, or Georges Star |
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This outer planet discovered by Herschel has a 98-degree axial tilt & solstices 42 years apart |
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William Herschel earned a pension from King George III after discovering this planet in 1781 |
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Miranda, a moon of this planet, was the 1st not named after a god or spirit |
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The 7th planet, which was 1st named the "Georgian Star" in honor of Britain's reigning monarch |
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