William Lassell
English merchant and astronomer (1799–1880)
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English merchant who built better telescopes and spotted four moons nobody else had. His satellite discoveries in the 1840s-50s made him a fixture in Victorian astronomy circles.
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William Lassell was an English merchant and astronomer. He is remembered for his improvements to the reflecting telescope and his ensuing discoveries of four planetary satellites.
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