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31 de may. de 2024 · La primera luna de Neptuno en ser descubierto es Tritón: este satélite fue observado por primera vez por William Lassell diecisiete días después del descubrimiento del planeta azul en 1846. Un satélite natural más fue descubierto en 1949 por Gerard Kuiper, quien nombró a esta luna Nereida .
31 de may. de 2024 · The first Neptune's moon to be discovered was Triton: it was first observed by William Lassell seventeen days after the discovery of the blue planet in 1846. One more Neptune's natural satellite was discovered no sooner than 1949 by Gerard P. Kuiper, who named this moon Nereid .
Hace 5 días · It was discovered by the English astronomer William Lassell in October 1846, only a few weeks after the discovery of Neptune itself. Triton was named after a merman in Greek mythology who was the son of the sea god Poseidon (the Roman god Neptune ).
Hace 2 días · In 1781, William Herschel was looking for binary stars in the constellation of Taurus when he observed what he thought was a new comet. Its orbit revealed that it was a new planet, Uranus, the first ever discovered telescopically.
Hace 3 días · It was discovered in 1850 by William and George Bond, though William R. Dawes and Johann Galle also saw it independently. William Lassell termed it the "Crepe Ring" because it seemed to be composed of darker material than the brighter A and B Rings.
24 de may. de 2024 · In 1851, William Lassell had discovered two other moons of Uranus. But it was John Herschel who gave all four moons their final names. For the two Lassell discovered he chose Ariel and Umbriel. Ariel is a sky spirit and Umbriel a melancholy sprite in Alexander Pope’s 1712 poem “The Rape of the Lock.”
Hace 6 días · This rather peculiar moon was first discovered in 1848 by two independent groups of astronomers, beginning with William and George Bond. English astronomer William Lassell spotted the moon two days after his fellow American father-and-son duo did. All three men were credited with the discovery.
