William Herschel
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Frederick William Herschel was a German–British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover,
Portrait of William Herschel (1785)
Original manuscript of Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762)
Plaque at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, which was the family home at 19 New King Street, Bath
Replica in the William Herschel Museum of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus
Enceladus
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Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 18th largest in the Solar System. It is about 500 kilometres in diameter, about a tenth of that of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. It is covered by
William Herschel
…of the rotation period of Mars, the discovery that the Martian polar caps vary seasonally, the discovery of Titania and Oberon (moons of Uranus) and Enceladus and Mimas (moons of Saturn). Herschel was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1816. He was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society…
Enceladus imaged by the Cassini orbiter, October 2015
Enceladus is Saturn's second smallest moon. It is about one-tenth the diameter then Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Enceladus orbiting within Saturn's E ring