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How were the rings of Uranus discovered?
A. They were discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft when it flew by Uranus by using a telescope to observe Uranus moving in front of a distant star
B. They were discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope
C. They were seen through a small telescope at the same time the planet was
D. Through the radio waves given off as they interact with the magnetic field



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The rings of Uranus were discovered by James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and Jessica Mink on March 10, 1977, using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory . They were discovered serendipitously while the astronomers were trying to study Uranus' atmosphere by observing the planet pass in front of a star ¹. The star appeared to blink out for a brief moment five times both before and after it was eclipsed by Uranus, indicating that Uranus has a system of narrow rings.

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