It is as likely to be a regular planet moving in an orbit nearly circular to the Sun as a comet moving in a very eccentric ellipse.
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Four days later, on 17 March 1781, he turned his telescope towards the same area of sky and instantly noted that the object had moved a small distance relative to the fixed stars in his field of view.<\/p>\n
Herschel noted in his logbook: \u201cI looked for the comet or Nebulous star and found it was a comet<\/a>, for it has changed its place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Herschel announced his discovery to the Royal Society, still maintaining that it was a comet, but did also imply the possibility that it could be a planet.<\/p>\n
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