How Was the Planet Uranus Discovered

question 315

Multiple Choice

How was the planet Uranus discovered?

• A) Uranus was discovered accidentally during a telescopic survey of the sky.
• B) Uranus was discovered by mathematical prediction using Newton's laws.
• C) Uranus happened to pass close to Jupiter in the sky and was discovered by an astronomer studying Jupiter.
• D) No one knows-Uranus has been known since ancient times.

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