Frederick William Herschel17 September 1789
Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn, Mimas, only 250 miles in diameter
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Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn, Mimas, only 250 miles in diameter
Herschel discovered two moons of Saturn, Mimas and Enceladus; as well as two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon, he did not give these moons their names; rather, they were named by his son John in 1847 and 1852, respectively, well after his death
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