Solar system exploration
William Meline
Post:1900
Voyager 1 - 1977
Objective
The goal for the voyager 1 was to explore the outer layers of our solar system and discover as much as we can about our solar system
Technology used
The voyager 1 uses a phoneagraph,A satalite dish and cameras
Discoveres
The voyager 1 has discoverd so many moons like Io,Callisto,Ganymede,Amalthea and Europa and the voyager1 has also allowed us to see a close up on jupiter and Saturn and its rings
Additional information
The voyager launched on the 5th of September 1977.the voyager 1 weighs 722 kilos.the voyager 1 has been traveling for 36 years
William Hershel
Pre:1900
DOB and DOD
William hershel was born in Germany on the 15 of November 1738 in a small Town called Hanover and he died on the 25th of August 1822 at a town in England named slough
Occupations
William Hershel was a Astronomer and a technical expert
Main discovery
William Hershel discovered the 7th planet in our solar system and it's moons.he discovered Uranus on March 13 1781
Technology used
One night William Hershel was looking around the night sky with his HUGE telescope he noticed a small object slowly moving across the sky over several days.At first he thought it was a comet but over further observation he discovered it was a planet and he named it Uranus .
Contributions to knowledge
William Hershel has further extended our knowledge about the planets around us and with out him we probobly would not know about the planets around us