The Outer Worlds. Uranus was discovered by chance Uranus recognized as a planet in 1781 by William Herschel while scanning the sky for nearby objects.
Neptune. Discovery John Couch Adams, Cambridge mathematician, predicted the existence of an unseen planet. Uranus was being pulled slightly out of position.
The Outer Worlds Chapter Sixteen. Guiding Questions 1.How did Uranus and Neptune come to be discovered? 2.What gives Uranus its distinctive greenish-blue.
All About Exoplanets Dimitar D. Sasselov Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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