William Herschel's Discovery Of The Seventh Planet From The Sun

William Herschel was an astronomer who discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun. Herschel’s discovery of a new planet was the first to be made in modern times, and also the first to be made by use of a telescope, which help him distinguish Uranus as a planet, not a star, as previous astronomers believed. Originally he had name the planet Georgium Sidus or the Georgian planet, in honor of King George III of England. However, German astronomer Johann Bode proposed the name “Uranus” for the celestial body. By the mid-19th century, it was also the generally accepted name of the seventh planet from the sun. The planet Uranus is a gas giant like Jupiter and Saturn and is made up of hydrogen, helium, and methane. The third largest planet,