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Referee's report by William Lassell, on a paper 'Description of the Great Melbourne telescope' by Thomas Romney Robinson and Thomas Grubb. Creator: William Lassell Reference number: RR/6/250. Astronomer 1799 - 1880.
Lassell, William (1799–1880) (1799–1880) British astronomerLassell, who was born at Bolton in Lancashire, was a brewer by profession who became interested in astronomy. He built an observatory for himself at Starfield near Liverpool and developed an interest in techniques for building very large reflectors, which he used himself. In 1844 he ...
17 de jun. de 2014 · June 18 is William Lassell’s birthday. At the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign, the port city of Liverpool had just built its first steam railway to the city of Manchester. This would make Liverpool the focus of import/export for much of England’s manufacturing trade. Liverpool would quickly become one of Europe’s fastest growing cities.
Triton was discovered on Oct. 10, 1846 by British astronomer William Lassell, just 17 days after Neptune itself was discovered. Overview. Triton is the largest of Neptune's 13 moons. It is unusual because it is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of its planet's rotation―a retrograde orbit.
Descubrimiento y denominación. Umbriel fue descubierto por William Lassell el 24 de octubre de 1851. En la misma noche también encontró a Ariel. [4] [5] Aunque William Herschel, descubridor de Titania y Oberón, afirmó a finales del siglo XVIII que había visto otros cuatro satélites de Urano, [6] sus observaciones no se confirmaron y esos objetos se consideran espurios.
Discovery Umbriel was discovered on Oct. 24, 1851 by English astronomer William Lassell. Overview Umbriel is the darkest of Uranus’ largest moons. It reflects only 16 percent of the light that strikes its surface, a feature similar to the highland areas of Earth’s Moon. Other Uranian moons are much brighter. The process by which Umbriel’s […]
Ariel es el cuarto satélite más grande de Urano y el segundo en proximidad de los satélites principales. Fue descubierto en 1851 por William Lassell y nombrado por un personaje de dos diferentes obras de la literatura inglesa. Se conoce el 35 % de la superficie del satélite por el sobrevuelo de la sonda Voyager 2 en 1986, el único ...
