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Chronology of Space Exploration - From June 4, 780 BCE

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1781
March 13
Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus). [1]

1783
May 4
Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus. [1]

1787
January 11
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. [1] [5]
 
August 19
W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. [1]

1789
August 28
Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus. [1]

September 17
William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn. [1]

1791
February 17
Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra). [1]
 
1799
June 18
Birth of William Lassell discoverer (satellites of Uranus and Neptune). [1]

1802
March 28
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man. [5]

1803
April 26
Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France. [1]

1805
December 9
Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth. [1]
 
1819
July 4
William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet. [1]
 
1825
December 6
President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory. [1]
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