Project Gutenberg on Nostr: #OTD in 1787. William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. ...
#OTD in 1787.
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
Orbiting at a much greater distance from Uranus are the ten known irregular moons. The planet's magnetosphere is highly asymmetric and has many charged particles, which may be the cause of the darkening of its rings and moons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
#science #astronomy
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
Orbiting at a much greater distance from Uranus are the ten known irregular moons. The planet's magnetosphere is highly asymmetric and has many charged particles, which may be the cause of the darkening of its rings and moons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
#science #astronomy