William Lassell

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19th-century astronomer British astronomer astronomer human

William Lassell was a 19th-century English astronomer renowned for his telescopic discoveries of several moons of the outer planets, including Neptune's moon Triton and Uranus's moon Ariel.

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William Lassell canonical 7
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instanceOf 19th-century astronomer ⓘ
British astronomer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
discovered Ariel ⓘ
Hyperion ⓘ
Triton ⓘ
Umbriel ⓘ
moons of Neptune ⓘ
moons of Saturn ⓘ
moons of Uranus ⓘ
employer self-employed ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
familyName William Lassell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lassell
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ
planetary astronomy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasNamesake Lassell crater on Mars ⓘ
Lassell crater on Triton ⓘ
Lassell crater on the Moon ⓘ
influenced later planetary observers ⓘ
instrumentUsed large reflecting telescopes of his own construction ⓘ
reflecting telescope ⓘ
knownFor discovery of Ariel ⓘ
discovery of Hyperion ⓘ
discovery of Triton ⓘ
discovery of Umbriel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
name William Lassell self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement early use of large reflectors for deep-sky and planetary observation ⓘ
notableWork telescopic observations of outer planets ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
otherOccupation brewer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bolton ⓘ
surface form: Bolton, Lancashire, England
placeOfDeath Maida Vale, London, England ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied natural satellites ⓘ
outer Solar System ⓘ
planets ⓘ
workLocation Liverpool ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ
surface form: Valletta, Malta

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Hyperion → discoveredBy → William Lassell ⓘ
Ariel → discoveredBy → William Lassell ⓘ
Umbriel → discoverer → William Lassell ⓘ
Triton → wasDiscoveredBy → William Lassell ⓘ
Saturn VII → discoveredBy → William Lassell ⓘ
George Phillips Bond → coDiscovererWith → William Lassell ⓘ
William Lassell → name → William Lassell self-link ⓘ
William Lassell → familyName → William Lassell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lassell