Question #150192. Asked by
odo5435.
Last updated Nov 22 2023.
Originally posted Nov 22 2023 8:11 AM.
So, there's reason to believe that when his contemporary William Lassell stumbled upon two more of Uranus' moons in 1851, John Herschel may have had a hand in theirnaming, too.
In 1899, William Lassell's daughter Jane Lassell told a reporter that the moons' names were given by Sir John Herschel, "to whom my father applied." What that means for sure, we'll never know - she also said she lost their letters in a move - and Herschel never took the credit.
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