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Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Artist: E Scriven

Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Holding a diagram of planets and their planetry rings. Herschel (1738-1822) constructed his own telescope after taking up astronomy as a hobby. As well as discovering the planet Uranus in 1781 and two of its satellites, he performed a major study of Saturn. He discovered two satellites, the rotation of the planetary rings and the period of the planet's rotation. He also catalogued and investigated the motions of binary stars, the results of which are still in use.

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Titre: Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Artist: E Scriven

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Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Holding a diagram of planets and their planetry rings. Herschel (1738-1822) constructed his own telescope after taking up astronomy as a hobby. As well as discovering the planet Uranus in 1781 and two of its satellites, he performed a major study of Saturn. He discovered two satellites, the rotation of the planetary rings and the period of the planet's rotation. He also catalogued and investigated the motions of binary stars, the results of which are still in use.

Personnalités: HERSCHEL

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Taille de l'image: 3729 × 4686 px | 50.0 MB

Taille d'impression: 31.6 × 39.7 cm | 1468.1 × 1844.9 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: 18 18E 18EME XVIII XVIIIE XVIIIEME SIECLE • 18E SIECLE • 18EME S • ALLEMAND • ALLEMANDE • ASTRONOMIE • ASTRONOMIE: PLANETES • BONHOMME • DÉCOUVERTE • DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE • HERSCHEL • HOMME DE SCIENCE • HOMME • MONOCHROME • NOIR ET BLANC • OCCUPATION • PLANETE • PLANÈTES • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PROFESSION • SAVANT • SCIENCE: ASTRONOMIE • SCIENTIFIQUE • SYSTEME SOLAIRE • XVIIIE SIECLE