Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes

When Herschel Saw Flamsteed's "star" Drift Against The Background Stars, He Announced - Operating Under The Unwitting Assumption That Planets Were Not On The List Of Things One Might Discover - That He Had Discovered A Comet. Comets, After All, Were Known To Move And To Be Discoverable. Herschel Planned To Call The Newfound Object Georgium Sidus ("Star Of George"), After His Benefactor, King George III Of England. If The Astronomical Community Had Respected These Wishes, The Roster Of Our Solar System Would Now Include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, And George.

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