NATS 1745 Study Guide - Final Guide: Planetary Nebula, Spiral Galaxy, Circumstellar Disc
14 Apr 2014
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In what 2 ways did uranus reveal itself to. He was looking for stellar parallax when he discovered uranus. He used to build his own telescopes and built one of the largest telescopes of the time in his backyard to observe the skies. He realized it was a planet because it moved relative to the stars rather than with the stars. Also, when he increased magnification of the body, it appeared to become larger. This is different than stars because stars remain point-like in shape when magnified. Uranus was seen to have a near circular orbit around the earth which deemed it a planet. Uranus was the father of saturn and grandfather of. Kepler believed there was an undiscovered planet in the large space. Bode"s law was a numerical trend that he applied to the orbits of the planets; however there was one value in between mars and. Jupiter which did not apply to a planet.
