How Did Herschel Contribute To The Discovery Of Astronomer

In March of 1781, William Herschel found an irregularity while studying the stars. At first he believed it was a star, but it was moving. Then he believed it was a comet. It was an accidental discovery that due to the unknown origins of it helped lead to a greater motivation to learn as much as they could about it. Herschel, along with the help of many other scientists in his field, spent countless out hours and months studying the measurements, paths, and movements of this ‘comet’. In 1783, Herschel wrote to the Royal Society and said “it was not a lucky accident that brought this star to my view… it was that night it’s turn to be discovered. I had gradually persued the great volume of the Author of Nature and was now come to the page which contained a seventh planet… I perceived its visible planetary disk as soon as I saw it.” At the time, many believed that the discovery of a new planet was not something that was very likely to be true. …show more content…
Many were astonished that he was the one who had made the discovery since he was not an experienced astronomer. Finally in March of 1792, he cited his discover of his new planet, it even made its way to King George III, thus the planet Uranus is also known as the Georgian Planet. William Herschel’s discovery of Uranus helped lead the way to the discover of the other planets in the Solar System, it helped show that there are more planets out there, just waiting to be discovered, just as Herschel advised it was just that planet’s turn to be discovered, and he was just the one nature chose to find