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Account of a Comet

William Herschel (1738-1822)1781

The Royal Society

The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom

William Herschel was the first to discover an entirely new planet, Uranus, using a telescope. He initially believed that the object was a comet but further evidence convinced him that this must be a planetary body

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