The Astronomy Book

79 See also: Consolidating knowledge 24–25 ■ The southern hemisphere 100–01 F rench astronomer and mathematician Nicolas- Louis ...

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82 I n the space of 75 years across the 18th and 19th centuries, two new planets were discovered, bringing the number of known m ...

83 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, took the next big step in the investigation of nebulae. In the 1840s, he set himself the ...

84 I FOUND THAT IT IS A COMET FOR IT HAS CHANGED ITS PLACE OBSERVING URANUS IN CONTEXT KEY ASTRONOMER William Herschel (1738–182 ...

85 See also: Shifting stars 22 ■ Gravitational theory 66–73 ■ The discovery of Neptune 106–07 URANUS TO NEPTUNE he noticed that ...

86 See also: A new kind of star 48–49 ■ Measuring the universe 130–37 ■ Beyond the Milky Way 172–77 A ncient Greek astronomers w ...

87 See also: Halley’s comet 74–77 ■ Mapping southern stars 79 ■ Examining nebulae 104–05 ■ Properties of nebulae 114–15 ■ Spiral ...

88 ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS THE MILKY WAY IN CONTEXT KEY ASTRONOMER William Herschel (1738–1822) BEFORE 1725 English a ...

89 See also: Messier objects 87 ■ The southern hemisphere 100–01 ■ Properties of nebulae 114–15 ■ Spiral galaxies 156–61 ■ The s ...

90 ROCKS FALL FROM SPACE ASTEROIDS AND METEORITES IN CONTEXT KEY ASTRONOMER Ernst Chladni (1756–1827) BEFORE 1718 Isaac Newton p ...

91 See also: Gravitational theory 66–73 ■ The discovery of Ceres 94–99 ■ Investigating craters 212 URANUS TO NEPTUNE Chladni pub ...

92 THE MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS GRAVITATIONAL DISTURBANCES IN CONTEXT KEY ASTRONOMER Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749 –1827) BEFORE 16 ...

93 See also: Elliptical orbits 50–55 ■ Galileo’s telescope 56–63 ■ Gravitational theory 66–73 ■ The theory of relativity 146–53 ...

I SURMISE THAT IT COULD BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN A COMET THE DISCOVERY OF CERES ...

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96 F or centuries, the number of known “wandering stars,” or planets, that trailed through the night sky was five. Together with ...

97 Earth at 4 + 6, and Mars was at 4 + 12. Jupiter was at 4 + 48 and Saturn was at 4 + 96. There was no known planet in the sequ ...

98 constellation of Taurus. The following night, Piazzi checked his measurements and found that the object had moved slightly. T ...