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Discovery of Enceladus
- When
- 28 August 1789
- Where
- Observatory House, Slough, England
William Herschel first observed Saturn's moon Enceladus on 28 August 1789 using his newly completed 40-foot telescope.
On 28 August 1789, William Herschel discovered Enceladus during the first use of his new 1.2 m (47 in) 40-foot telescope, then the largest in the world, at Observatory House in Slough, England. Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 18th largest in the Solar System. Little was known about it until Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 flew by Saturn in 1980 and 1981.
Sources
- Enceladus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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