![Learned modesty and the first lady's comet: a commentary on Caroline Herschel (1787) 'An account of a new comet' | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Learned modesty and the first lady's comet: a commentary on Caroline Herschel (1787) 'An account of a new comet' | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/cms/asset/055180de-17c6-4021-8659-9de791f3b83c/rsta20140210f02.jpg)
Learned modesty and the first lady's comet: a commentary on Caroline Herschel (1787) 'An account of a new comet' | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
![Science Museum on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1787 William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus. He named them Titania and Oberon after characters in A Midsummer's Night Dream. Pic of Herschel's Science Museum on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1787 William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus. He named them Titania and Oberon after characters in A Midsummer's Night Dream. Pic of Herschel's](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTQcowZVAAEssgp.jpg)
Science Museum on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1787 William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus. He named them Titania and Oberon after characters in A Midsummer's Night Dream. Pic of Herschel's
![Prof. Frank McDonough on X: "11 January 1787. William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. https://t.co/aW1vGUN2aj" / X Prof. Frank McDonough on X: "11 January 1787. William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. https://t.co/aW1vGUN2aj" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYbDzXgUEAAjIOf.jpg)
Prof. Frank McDonough on X: "11 January 1787. William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. https://t.co/aW1vGUN2aj" / X
National Council of Science Museums-NCSM on X: "This Day in the History of Science Astronomer William Herschel, discovered 𝑻𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒂 and 𝑶𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏, two moons of the Uranus on January 11, 1787. #historyofscience #Science #
![January 11, 1787~ Uranus moons Titania & Oberon discovered by William Herschel | The Misty Miss Christy January 11, 1787~ Uranus moons Titania & Oberon discovered by William Herschel | The Misty Miss Christy](https://mistymisschristy.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/otapwfdbwb.png)
January 11, 1787~ Uranus moons Titania & Oberon discovered by William Herschel | The Misty Miss Christy
![Caroline Herschel by M. G. Tieleman, 1829. Copyright The Royal Society. | Download Scientific Diagram Caroline Herschel by M. G. Tieleman, 1829. Copyright The Royal Society. | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273323994/figure/fig3/AS:601686032781342@1520464537893/Caroline-Herschel-by-M-G-Tieleman-1829-Copyright-The-Royal-Society.png)
Caroline Herschel by M. G. Tieleman, 1829. Copyright The Royal Society. | Download Scientific Diagram
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AstroCamp - #TBT on this day in 1787, William Herschel, a German astronomer, discovered the first two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon! | Facebook
![William Herschel discovers Titania, Oberon the two largest moons of Uranus in 1787, he had discovered the planet earlier in 1781. He would later discover two more moons, Enceladus and Mimas. : r/HistoryofScience William Herschel discovers Titania, Oberon the two largest moons of Uranus in 1787, he had discovered the planet earlier in 1781. He would later discover two more moons, Enceladus and Mimas. : r/HistoryofScience](https://preview.redd.it/william-herschel-discovers-titania-oberon-the-two-largest-v0-91hcrowi9cba1.png?width=315&format=png&auto=webp&s=031e897c8dba53b0a10622a6f898ee6182ad243c)