William Herschel - Named After Herschel

Named After Herschel

  • The symbol for planet Uranus features the capital initial letter of Herschel's surname.
  • Mu Cephei is also known as Herschel's Garnet Star
  • Herschel, a crater on the Moon
  • Herschel, a large impact basin on Mars
  • The enormous crater Herschel on Saturn's moon Mimas
  • 2000 Herschel, an asteroid
  • The William Herschel Telescope on La Palma
  • The Herschel Space Observatory, successfully launched by the European Space Agency on 14 May 2009. It is the largest space telescope of its kind
  • Herschel Grammar School, Slough
  • Rue Herschel, a street in the 6th Arrondissement of Paris.
  • The Herschel Building at City of Bath College, Bath
  • The Herschel building at Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
  • Herschel Museum of Astronomy
  • Herschelschule, Hanover, Germany, a grammar school
  • Herschel, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small, rural village that is home to the Ancient Echoes Interpretative Centre
  • The Herschel Observatory, from the school Universitas in Santos, Brazil.
  • The lunar crater C. Herschel, the asteroid 281 Lucretia, and the comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet are named after his sister Caroline Herschel.
  • A public house in Slough is named after him and is quite close to the site of Observatory House. Herschel Arms, 22 Park Street, Slough, Berkshire SL1 1PS
  • Herschel Astronomical Society who operate the Herschel Memorial Observatory based in Eton, Berkshire.
  • Herschel Park, Slough.
  • New Slough Bus Station shape was inspired by the infrared experiment of Sir William Herschel. The Bus Station was built in 2011.

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