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==Named after Herschel== [[File:William Herschel.jpg|upright|thumb|William Herschel, portrait by [[James Sharples (portrait painter)|James Sharples]], c. 1805]] * The [[astrological symbol]] for planet [[Uranus]] ([[File:Uranus monogram.svg|22px]]) features the capital initial letter of Herschel's surname. * [[Mu Cephei]] is also known as Herschel's Garnet Star * [[Herschel (lunar crater)|Herschel]], a crater on the [[Moon]] * [[Herschel (Martian crater)|Herschel]], a large [[Impact crater|impact basin]] on [[Mars]] * The enormous crater [[Herschel (Mimantean crater)|Herschel]] on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Mimas (moon)|Mimas]] * The [[Rings of Saturn#Herschel Gap|Herschel gap]] in Saturn's rings. * [[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 was the largest [[space telescope]] of its kind, until the launch of the [[James Webb Space Telescope]]. * [[Herschel Grammar School]], Slough * Rue Herschel, a street in the [[6th arrondissement of Paris]]. * The Herschel Building at [[Bath College]], [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] * The [[Herschel building]] at [[Newcastle University]], Newcastle, United Kingdom * [[Herschel Museum of Astronomy]], at 19 New King Street in Bath. * Herschelschule, Hanover, Germany, a grammar school * The Herschel Observatory, at the Universitas School in [[Santos, SΓ£o Paulo|Santos]], [[Brazil]]. * The lunar crater [[C. Herschel (crater)|C. Herschel]], the asteroid [[281 Lucretia]], and the comet [[35P/Herschel-Rigollet]] are named after his sister [[Caroline Herschel]]. * The public house "Herschel Arms" at 22 Park Street, [[Slough]] is named after him and is quite close to the site of Observatory House. * Herschel Astronomical Society, the operator of the Herschel Memorial Observatory based in [[Eton, Berkshire]]. * Herschel Park, Slough. * The shape of Slough Bus Station, built in 2011, was inspired by Herschel's infrared experiment.<ref name="Serck">{{cite news |last=Serck |first=Linda |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-13527012 |title=Slough bus station: Silver dolphin or beached whale? |work=bbc.co.uk |date=28 May 2011 |access-date=13 August 2012}}</ref> * Herschel Street, a street in Brisbane, Australia.
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