(Answer) Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of what?

Quiz Question: Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of what?

The given options are:

  • A spacecraft
  • A telescope
  • Radio waves

Correct Answer: A telescope

Info: Astronomer William Herschel discovered the seventh planet from the sun on March 13, 1781—though he first mistook it for a comet or a star. It wasn’t until two years later that Uranus was accepted as a new planet.

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