Multiple Choice
How was the planet Uranus discovered?
A) Uranus was discovered accidentally during a telescopic survey of the sky.
B) Uranus was discovered by mathematical prediction using Newton's laws.
C) Uranus happened to pass close to Jupiter in the sky and was discovered by an astronomer studying Jupiter.
D) No one knows-Uranus has been known since ancient times.
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