St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: January 11, 2022

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12 January, 2022

9:32 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: January 11, 2022 On this date in 1787, only 6 years after his discovery of Uranus, William Herschel discovered Uranus' largest moons Titania and Oberon. Almost nothing was known of these moons until Voyager 2 passed by in 1986. Even following this flyby, we still known little about these moons. What was discovered is they were geologically active in their distant pasts. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.