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Planet Hershel

Before Uranus was officially named, it was called Hercshel, after its discoverer (1781) or Georgium Sidus in England. Also Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta were considered planets, of which there were 11.

From "The Young Scholars Manual" Greenfield, Mass, 1822

 

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